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The 'Cape Star' was boarded by five perpetrators, armed with knives & gun-like objects, on Dec 17, 2024, at 11.53 a.m. about 2.5 nautical miles northwest of Pulau Cula in pos. 1°4.81' N 103° 41.9' E, in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) in the Singapore Strait (SS). The intruders stole engine spares and escaped. No injuries were reported.

The 'Proteus Harvonne', while underway in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) in the Singapore Strait (SS) enropute from Sikka to Tanjung Langsat, was boarded by two perpetrators, armed with knives, about 2.4 nautical miles northwest of Pulau Cula, in pos. 1° 4.55' N 103° 41.60' E on Dec 11, 2024. The crew was assaulted by the pirates. Nothing was reported stolen.

On Dec 9, 2024, a barge, towed by the 'HK Tug 9' was boarded by 20 unarmed perpetrators in the South China Sea, about 8.4 nautical miles northeast of the Horsburgh Lighthouse in pos. 11° 25.45' S 104° 30.55' E. The pirates stole scrap metal. No injuries were reported.

The 'Truie Cnfidence' has been sold for recycling on an as-is basis in the UAE after having been severely damaged by a missile fired by the Houthi terrorists 50 nautical miles southwest of the port city of Aden on March 6, with three crew members being killed, becoming the first human casualties of the Houthi’s attacks on shipping transiting the Red Sea that started in November 2023. Four other members had suffered severe burns. After the wreck was towed to UAE waters by a salvage tug, it has been languishing ever since. The Houthis claimed they had attacked the ship due to its links to US company Oaktree Capital Management, although it would later emerge that its Middle Eastern owners were based in Greece and had acquired it in December 2023.

The 'Honor Star', while underway in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) in the Singapore Strait (SS) about 8.1 nautical miles west of Pulau, en route from Manamah to Labuan, was boarded by six perpetrators, armed with knives, on Dec 14, 2024, short past midnight in pos. 1° 4.5' N 103° 34.9' E. The intruders stole engine spares and escaped.