Monthly

Maritime security in the Red Sea and northwest Indian Ocean during November 2024 continued to experience serious challenges as Houthi forces targeted at least one US destroyer and three US-flagged vessels under its protection between 30 November and 1 December.

The month of October saw an increase in attacks on merchant vessels between the Red Sea and the northwest Indian Ocean.

The month of September brought about numerous challenges for maritime security, many of them derived from an increasingly tense geopolitical situation in the Middle East.