DUBAI: Yemen’s coast guard said on Saturday that the M/T EUREKA oil tanker had been hijacked off the coast of Shabwa province by unidentified armed men who boarded the vessel, seized control and steered it towards the Gulf of Aden in the direction of Somali waters.

The coast guard added th­­­at the tankers location had been identified and eff­­­­o­­­­rts were under way to track it, take necessary me­­a­­­s­­­ures to recover it and ens­ure the safety of its crew.

Unidentified attackers hijacked an oil tanker on Saturday off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden and directed it towards Somalia, the Yemeni coast guard said.

According to the agency, the tanker EUREKA was seized off Yemen’s Shabwa province by a group who “boarded, took control of it, then steered it... in the direction of the Somali coast”. The coast guard, which is affiliated with Yemen’s internationally recognised government, vowed to investigate the attack.

“The location of the tanker has been determined, and work is under way to monitor it and take the necessary measures in an attempt to recover it and ensure the safety of its crew,” it said, without identifying the crew’s numbers or nationality.

Published in Dawn, May 3rd, 2026