SeaLead-operated boxship dodges Houthi assault

A container ship operated by SeaLead Shipping was attacked by Houthi missiles and drones on 20 July. The 2006-built, 5,059 TEU vessel Pumba was deployed to SeaLead’s Five Seas Express service connecting China to the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.

Vessel-tracking data shows Pumba departed Saudi Arabia’s port of Jeddah on 17 July and was likely heading towards Egypt’s Port Said.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said that missiles, an air drone and a sea drone assaulted the ship, which...

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