The European Union’s naval mission announced on September 3, 2024, that private companies involved in the salvage operation of the MT Sounion, an oil tanker attacked by Yemen’s Houthis in the Red Sea, are seeking alternative solutions after the towing operation was deemed unsafe.
The Greek-register Sounion, hit by Houthi forces on August 21, 2024, is carrying about one million barrels of crude oil.
Both the Houthis and the maritime sources report that the tanker...