Houthis target Vietnamese-owned tanker, threaten attacks in Indian Ocean
The situation in the Red Sea gets no calmer. Today brought a report from UKMTO of a Houthi attack on a merchant vessel 76 nautical miles west of Al Hudayah. While UKMTO
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Houthis target SeaLead containership Pinocchio
The latest merchant vessel targeted by the Iran-backed Houthi terrorist groups is the Liberian-flagged containership Pinocchio, which according to the Equasis data base is operated by Singapore headquartered SeaLead Shipping Pte. According
At least three seafarers dead in Houthi attack on bulker True Confidence
At least three seafarers have been killed in a Houthi missile attack on the 2011-built Barbados-flagged bulker True Confidence and others have reportedly suffered serious burns. These are the first seafarer fatalities
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
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
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
Strikes on Houthis won’t soon end trade disruptions
Overnight strikes on Houthi infrastructure by the U.S. and U.K. have not yet shut down the group’s attacks on merchant shipping. This morning the U.K. Maritime Trade Office reported an incident in
Tanker grabbed by Iran has sanctions-busting background
This morning, the United Kingdom Maritime Trades Office reported that a vessel had been boarded, when 50 miles northeast of Sohar, Oman by 4-5 armed unauthorized boarders wearing black masks and black
Maersk ship targeted by Houthi missile
The Maersk containership Maersk Hamburg has become the third ship in the past few days to be targeted by a Houthi missile attack. Multiple media sources, including the AP, identify the ship