Suspicious Approach Reported Within IRTC

A merchant vessel has reported a suspicious approach at 1824 UTC on the 20^th Feb, by 3 skiffs in posn 1327N – 04942E (in vicinity of the IRTC) to within a range of 1NM. Situation still ongoing.

This latest report is the second such suspicious approach reported within the IRTC in 2020, with the first occurring on the 11 Jan 20. This latest incident is 94nm East of another suspicious approach occurring within the Westbound transit corridor that recorded almost 12 months prior. Within 2019 there were four reported suspicious approaches within the Gulf of Aden and Bab al Mandab. None of these incidents have been confirmed as MARSEC incidents.