- Published
- 23 Sept 2026 · time not supplied
- Added to portal
- 07 Oct 2026 · 11:27 UTC
- Source check
- 14 Oct 2026 · 21:52 UTC
MARAD lists advisory 2026-013 for Red Sea & Gulf of Aden as active. The catalogue gives an effective date of 23 September 2026 and a listed expiry of 22 March 2027. Its subject is attacks, placing it in the operational-guidance layer of the maritime watch.
The catalogue entry does not establish that a new attack has taken place. The original advisory should be read for its full geographic scope, vessel applicability and instructions, and rechecked for amendments before it is used in a voyage decision.
Theatre context: Red Sea & Gulf of Aden. No precise incident position is asserted. Static basemap; not a satellite image of the event.
Background context & review questions
Topic context · no individual analytical review
Background context
The Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb link the Suez route with the Gulf of Aden. Security developments can affect passage decisions, contingency routing and access to coastal ports.
Standing guidance provides a baseline against which new incident reports can be interpreted. Its continued listing is not a quantitative measure of threat, and the advisory must not be treated as a guarantee of safety outside the named areas.
Questions for further review
- Changes to official Red Sea and Gulf of Aden advisories
- Evidence of vessel damage or restrictions on passage
- Updates from maritime security centres and naval operations
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Evidence & references
Evidence scope & unresolved questions
- The full advisory text is linked rather than reproduced.
- Listed validity and applicability may change after this source check.
Official source communication. Source record with conditional topic context; no individual analytical review.