Seas and routes of the Indian Ocean hub and hazard zone: current events center on rescue-at-sea and Rohingya refugee shifts in the Bengal region.
UN agencies say two boats carrying Rohingya passengers departed from Rakhine in late June and may have capsized. One boat lost contact, another is believed to have sunk off the Ayeyarwady coast. Officials warn of a rising death toll as aid groups highlight dire conditions in camps in Bangladesh and displacement inside Myanmar.
Two crew members from the cargo ship MV Ocean Winner have been rescued. A search-and-rescue operation is ongoing for the remaining crew, with three ships deployed by Indian authorities. The vessel, carrying iron ore for China, sank in the Bay of Bengal about 444 km from Paradip, Odisha.