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On March 29, 2024, at 11.58 p.m. the 'Georg Island' was boarded wby three perpetrators, armed with knives, in pos. 1° 3.43' N 103° 29.33' E off Pulau Cula in the Strait of Singapore. No injuries were reported, and nothing was reported stolen.

Pirates have demanded $5 million for the release of 23 Bangladeshi crew members held captive aboard the´'Abdullah'. The Indian Navy had swiftly responded to the piracy attack on the vessel, deploying both a warship and an LRMP- long-range maritime patrol. The Indian warship intercepted the hijacked vessel on March 14, ensuring the initial safety of the Bangladeshi crew held hostage by armed pirates and maintaining proximity until it arrived in Somalia's territorial waters. The Indian Navy has offered to the Bangladesh government and the ship's owner to conduct operations aboard the ship.

While the families of the 23 crew members of the 'Abdullah', the ship owner, the authorities concerned and the countrymen are worried about the situation, there has been no progress in their release. Although the ship owner and the government were working hard, there was doubt whether they will be released before Eidul Fitr (April 9/10). As a result, the families of the hostages were becoming increasingly anxious. After the release, it could take at least a month to complete the process and bring the sailors back. The SR Shipping said on the afternoon of March 30, that they were working hard to release the hostages before Eid and talking to the pirates' representatives every day. The talks were progressing. The food and water stored on the ship, which is anchored 1.5 nautical miles off the coast of Jifl in the Gedoberjan district of Somalia, was meanwhile running out. Before the hijacking, the ship had 200 tons of fresh water stored. Now the sailors have rationed water. When the ship was hijacked, it had about 25 days of frozen food stored for the sailors. However, there is a lot of dry food stored for a long time.

Iran has released the Filipino crew members of the 'St. Nikolas', which was seized in January with 145,000 tons of oil on board. The 18 seafarers people were only allowed leave after replacement staff had been arranged. A Greek crew member was released shortly afterwards. The Filipino crew were allowed to go home in groups from the end of January. The latter returned to Manila last week.

The Indian Navy freed 23 Pakistan crew from the hijacked Iranian ship 'Al Kambar 786' on March 29,, 2024, and forced the pirates, which had hijacked the ship on March 28, to surrender. Specialist teams of the Indian Navy were sanitising the Iranian ship. They were also checking its seaworthiness. The ship was to escorted to its destination so that it could resume regular fishing activities. The 'AI-Kambar' was intercepted by the INS 'Sumedha', which was later joined by the guided missile frigate INS 'Trishul'. At the time of the incident the fishing vessel was approximately 90 nautical miles southwest of Socotra. Reports with photos: https://www.daily-sun.com/post/741812 https://news.abplive.com/news/india/navy-intercepts-hijacked-iranian-fishing-vessel-in-arabian-sea-rescue-ops-underway-1675851 https://news.abplive.com/news/india/navy-intercepts-hijacked-iranian-fishing-vessel-in-arabian-sea-rescue-ops-underway-1675851