MSC containership struck by Houthi missile
An MSC containership has become the latest vessel to be damaged in a Houthi attack. U.K. Maritime Trade Operations today issued a report at 1500 UTC on an incident 91 nautical miles
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New Houthi targets pounded after attack on TSP tanker Torm Tor
The U.S. and the U.K. on Saturday launched a fresh wave of attacks on Houthi targets in Yemen after the Iranian-backed terrorist organization continued its attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.
Red Sea: French frigates take out Houthi drones
The EU’s EUNAVOR ASPIDES naval mission, formally announced only yesterday, is already up and running with French FREMM frigates patrolling in the Gulf of Aden and Southern Red Sea intercepting and destroying
Twice targeted by Houthis, Star Bulk won’t be going through Suez
Athens-headquartered, NASDAQ-listed Star Bulk Carriers Corp. has had two of its ships targeted by Houthi attacks, even though one of them, the Star Iris was carrying a cargo of corn from Brazil
Houthis attack another Star Bulk vessel
Don’t say “whack a mole,” but as has happened before, multiple strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen by U.S. Central Command between February 7 and 10, appeared to produce a two day
Houthi attacks continue, but don’t stop Red Sea trade
Major strikes on Houthi infrastructure in Yemen carried out by the U.S. and U.K. on February 3, seemed to have brought a two day pause in the Iran-backed group’s attacks on merchant
Houthis fire missiles at another ship managed by Oceonix Services
Middle East news reports today quoted the Houthis as saying they had targeted the “American merchant ship Koi … with several appropriate naval missiles.” The Equasis data base shows that the Liberian-flagged
Attack on Maersk Detroit underscores continued Houthi threat
This morning brought news from UKMTO of an incident 50 nautical miles south of Al Mukha, Yemen, in which the master of a ship reported an explosion about 100 meters off the
Two missing U.S. Navy SEALs declared dead
Two U.S. Navy SEALs who went missing in a hazardous nighttime operation on January 11 have now been declared dead. The mission on which they were lost saw the successful seizure of