The British side quoted maritime security sources as saying that on July 17 local time, the armed attackers are suspected to have boarded a chemical tanker called the “Asana” in the Gulf of Aden in southern Yemen and have taken control of the ship. According to ship tracking data, the small chemical tanker, which has not confirmed its flag, previously listed the port of Bosaso in Somalia as its next port of call. According to a report from the British Maritime Trade Operations Office, while sailing east in the Gulf of Aden that day, an “unauthorized person” boarded the ship 65 nautical miles south of the port of Mukalla in Yemen.

The British side quoted maritime security sources as saying that on July 17 local time, the armed attackers are suspected to have boarded a chemical tanker called the “Asana” in the Gulf of Aden in southern Yemen and have taken control of the ship. According to ship tracking data, the small chemical tanker, which has not confirmed its flag, previously listed the port of Bosaso in Somalia as its next port of call. According to a report from the British Maritime Trade Operations Office, while sailing east in the Gulf of Aden that day, an “unauthorized person” boarded the ship 65 nautical miles south of the port of Mukalla in Yemen.