Al-Salmi

On July 6, 2025, at 10.12 p.m., the 'Al Salmi' was boarded by three perpetraotrs in pos. 1° 3.77' N 103° 37.33 E. while underway in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme of the Singapore Strait. No injuries were reported, and nothing was reported stolen.

The "Al Salmi" assisted Italian authorities in a massive ongoing effort to rescue a group of refugees off the coasts of Italy after it received an urgent distress call from the Italian Coastguard regarding illegal immigrants whose boats had capsized. The crew immediately contacted the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC), which authorised the go ahead for a rescue operation. The vessel saved 225 people who were dropped off at Augusta on June 16, 2014. Most of the rescued were women and children, one of whom was dead, others requiring critical medical attention. The rescue efforts were continue as the total number of those stranded iwas s estimated at 624.