UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reports that a commercial vessel was abandoned by its crew after it suffered water ingress off the coast of Yemen on Sunday, June 23. The unidentified vessel was 96 nautical miles southeast of Nishtun when the crew sent out a distress call saying there was...
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UAE-managed tanker faces US sanctions for aiding Houthis
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating two individuals and five entities that have facilitated weapons procurement for Yemen’s Houthi rebel group. OFAC is also designating one individual and one company, as well as identifying one vessel, that...
COLUMN | Houthi attacks show asymmetrical sea warfare is the way ahead [Naval Gazing]
Attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on merchant shipping in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Aden, and the Arabian Sea continue apace. The Iran-backed Houthis are very well equipped with multiple attack drones and with anti-shipping cruise and ballistic missiles. These weapons are based...
Crew safely evacuated from bulk carrier hit by Houthi attack
The Philippine Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) has confirmed that the 21 Filipino crewmembers of a commercial vessel that suffered damage in an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebel group last week have been safely evacuated. The sailors of the Liberia-flagged, Greek-owned coal carrier Tutor were...
Houthi missiles damage bulker in latest attack on Red Sea shipping
US Central Command (CENTCOM) and UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) have both reported an incident wherein a commercial vessel suffered damage after being struck by missiles fired from Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen on Tuesday, May 28. The attack occurred between 12:05 and 13:40 local time on...
China-bound tanker damaged in Houthi missile strike
US Central Command (CENTCOM) reports that a commercial tanker transiting the Red Sea was struck by an anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) fired by the Iranian-backed Houthi rebel group on Saturday, May 18. CENTCOM officials said the Panamanian-flagged and Greek-owned and -operated Wind most recently...
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels resume attacks on shipping following two-week lull
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have resumed their attacks against shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden following a lull of more than two weeks, US Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed. CENTCOM said in an update via X (formerly Twitter) that, at 11:51 local time on Wednesday, April 24,...
COLUMN | Our sea freedoms at stake [Grey Power]
One does not wish to provoke any sort of angry response from readers, but is it not time that the definition of piracy was updated? It was not that long ago that such was a crime punishable by ferocious penalties, even under quite liberal regimes, which were repealed only after somebody pointed out...
OPINION | The Red Sea crisis, food insecurity and conflict
The Yemeni Houthi rebels’ continued attacks on shipping in the Red Sea serve as a reminder that global supply chains remain highly vulnerable to disruption. Moreover, it highlights how food insecurity can simultaneously be an effect and cause of conflict. To address this, the international...
Royal Danish Navy frigate shoots down Houthi drones targeting Red Sea shipping
The Danish Ministry of Defence has confirmed that a Royal Danish Navy frigate successfully shot down four unmanned aerial vehicles launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebel group against commercial and coalition naval ships in the southern Red Sea on Saturday, March 9. At around 04:00 local time on...