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Ambrey: Sounion salvage successfully completed

Sounion

U.K.-based maritime risk consultancy Ambrey has confirmed that the salvage of the MT Sounion has been successfully completed.

As we reported at the time, the 163,000 dwt Greek-flagged Sounion was set ablaze following multiple Houthi attacks that began on August 21, 2024.

Ambrey, which played a key role in the response that followed has released a chronology of the events:

On August 21, 2024 the Greek owned, laden oil tanker MT Sounion was targeted by Houthi militants in the southern Red Sea....

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/ambrey-sounion-salvage-successfully-completed/

Houthi missiles strike two more merchant ships

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UKMTO DAILY SUMMARY

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— United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) (@UK_MTO) June 9, 2024

U.K. Maritime Trade Operations and U.S. Central Command report that Houthi missiles struck two ships, June 8. In one attack, says CENTCOM, one of two anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs), launched from Houthi controlled areas of Yemen into the Gulf of Aden struck M/V MSC Tavvishi, a...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/houthi-missiles-strike-two-more-merchant-ships/

Maersk sees Red Sea routings as still too risky

Maersk is to continue to avoid Red Sea routings of it its ships. In an update today, it said that it would continue to send ships via the Cape of Good Hope and around the Africa rather than through the Houthi-threatened Red Sea and Bab el Mandeb Strait. It noted that while it welcomed the EU ASPIDES security operation as a “very positive development to increase the safety in the region,” its internal analysis, as well as insight received from external sources, “still indicates that the risk...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/maersk-sees-red-sea-routings-as-still-too-risky/

European vessel owners launch defensive maritime security operation in the Red Sea

In response to increasing threats targeting commercial shipping, the European Union (EU) Council officially initiated the EU’s defensive maritime security operation in the Red Sea on 19 February.

Operation ASPIDES, which commenced on 19 February, is tasked with providing defensive measures to accompany and safeguard commercial vessels in the region against potential maritime attacks.

European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA), representing 21 national ship owners’ associations within the...

https://container-news.com/european-vessel-owners-launch-defensive-maritime-security-operation-in-the-red-sea/

Red Sea: EU launches new naval mission ASPIDES

As Houthi attacks on merchant ships in the Red Sea continued, the European Union today officially launched EUNAVFOR ASPIDES, saying that the objective of the defensive maritime security operation is to restore and safeguard freedom of navigation in the Red Sea and the Gulf.

In announcing the decision, the European Council did not go into details of what ships would be involved, but reportedly France, Germany, Italy and Belgium have so far confirmed they plan to contribute ships to ASPIDES. Its...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/red-sea-eu-launches-new-naval-mission-aspides/

ECSA: Οι Ευρωπαίοι πλοιοκτήτες χαιρετίζουν την έναρξη της επιχείρησης ASPIDES στην Ερυθρά Θάλασσα

«Η κλιμακούμενη κατάσταση στην περιοχή θέτει καθημερινά σε κίνδυνο τους ναυτικούς μας και επηρεάζει όλο και περισσότερο την εφοδιαστική αλυσίδα της Ευρώπης και τη συνολική οικονομική ασφάλεια» δήλωσε ο Σωτήρης Ράπτης, Γενικός Γραμματέας της ECSA

https://www.newmoney.gr/roh/palmos-oikonomias/nautilia/ecsa-i-evropei-plioktites-cheretizoun-tin-enarxi-tis-epichirisis-aspides-stin-erithra-thalassa/