After a period with few reports of Houthi activity, the Iranian-backed group has resumed its targeting of merchant shipping, with Al Arabiya and other regional news outlets quoting the Houthi’s military spokesman as saying the group had attacked the “U.S. ship Maersk Yorktown and an American destroyer in the Gulf of Aden and Israeli ship MSC Veracruz in the Indian Ocean.”
According to U.S. Central Command: “At 11:51 a.m. (Sanaa time) on April 24, a coalition vessel successfully engaged one...
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 southeast of Aden in which the master of a vessel reported two explosions. The first was a distance off the vessel’s port quarter, the second caused damage to the vessel, with the master reporting fire and smoke on board that the vessel was tackling. No injuries were reported. In updates, UKMTO said first that the...
https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/msc-containership-struck-by-houthi-missile/
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. Among the most recent reported by U.S. Central Command was a February 24 incident that saw the USS Mason (DDG 87) shoot down one Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile (ASBM) launched into the Gulf of Aden from Iranian-backed Houthi controlled areas of Yemen. CENTCOM says the missile was likely targeting MV Torm Thor,...
#MerRouge | Cette nuit, interceptions de drones aériens en provenance du Yémen par les frégates .
Contributions à la sûreté maritime de Suez à Ormuz et à la liberté de navigation, objectif déclaré de l’opération #ASPIDES, lancée le 19/02, sous commandement . pic.twitter.com/CnPfKrB4hF
— Armée française – Opérations militaires (@EtatMajorFR) February 20, 2024
The EU’s EUNAVOR ASPIDES naval mission, formally announced only yesterday, is already up and running with French FREMM frigates...
https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/red-sea-french-frigates-take-out-houthi-drones/
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 to for Bandar Iman Khomeini, Iran.
Houthi Attack in Bab al-Mandeb
On Feb. 12 from 3:30 to 3:45 a.m. (Sanaa time), Iranian-backed Houthi militants fired two missiles from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen toward the Bab al-Mandeb. Both missiles were launched toward MV Star Iris, a Greek-owned, Marshall… p...
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 calm in the Red Sea that proved to be short lived. U.K. Maritime Trade Operations issuing no maritime warnings between February 9 and February 11. But today brought news of what appeared to be the second Houthi attack on a Star Bulk vessel, the Star Iris.
UKMTO WARNING
INCIDENT 029 Update 001 https://t.co/XsgrK5uW2N#...
https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/houthis-attack-another-star-bulk-vessel/
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 shipping, but by yesterday the attacks had resumed, continuing to have a dampening effect on Red Sea trade.
Iranian-Backed Houthi Terrorists conduct Multiple Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Attacks in the Southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden:
On Feb. 6, from approximately 1:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (Arabian Standard Time)...
UKMTO Warning Incident 026 update 001
ATTACKhttps://t.co/XsgrK5uW2N
UKMTO has received a report of an incident 57NM west of Al Hudaydah, Yemen. Master reports an explosion a distance off the vessel’s starboard side. Vessel and crew are safe.#Marimesecurity #MarSec pic.twitter.com/7y1GK8rFQ6
— United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) (@UK_MTO) February 1, 2024
Middle East news reports today quoted the Houthis as saying they had targeted the “American merchant ship Koi … with several...
UKMTO WARNING
INCIDENT 019 – ATTACK UPDATE 001https://t.co/qlApy9q9pq#MaritimeSecurity #MarSec pic.twitter.com/uhXf1I7V33
— United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) (@UK_MTO) January 24, 2024
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 vessel’s starboard side. According to a later post on X (formerly Twitter) by U.S. Central Command that ship was the...
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 a dhow conducting illegal transport of advanced lethal aid from Iran to resupply Houthi forces in Yemen.
In a statement from the White House, President Biden said:
“Jill and I are mourning the tragic deaths of two of America’s finest—Navy SEALs who were lost at sea while executing a mission off the coast of East Africa...
https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/two-missing-u-s-navy-seals-declared-dead/