In its latest Maritime Security Threat Advisory (MSTA), Dryad Global outlined that M/T Pacific Zircon style incidents dominated the Indian Ocean maritime security narrative last year, “with multiple vessels associated with both Iran and Israel targeted”. The MSTA highlighted that, within the northern Indian Ocean area, the M/T Pacific Zircon reported an explosion at the stern area while in transit southbound offshore Oman. According to Dryad’s latest maritime security report, vessels unconnected with Iran or Israel are not assessed to be exposed to an increase in risk profile throughout the region. Following the Zircon incident, Eastern Pacific Shipping Pte. U.S. Central Command has stated that an Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicle conducted a one-way attack against the Pacific Zircon tanker.

Source: CNN November 22, 2022 19:07 UTC