Maersk Yorktown

Maersk and MSC ships suffer second Houthi attack after two weeks

Houthi rebels made repeat attacks on container ships owned by Maersk and MSC, nearly two weeks after those same vessels were targeted.

On 24 April, the US-flagged 2,500 TEU Maersk Yorktown was targeted, but the anti-ship ballistic missile (ABSM) was shot down by the US military.

The US Central Command said that at 11:51 am Yemen time on 24 April 24, its vessel took down the ABSM that was launched from Iran-backed Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen over the Gulf of Aden.

Maersk Yorktown, which...

https://container-news.com/maersk-and-msc-ships-suffer-second-houthi-attack-after-two-weeks/

Yemen’s Houthi rebels resume attacks on shipping following two-week lull

A Sea Viper missile launch from the UK Royal Navy destroyer HMS Diamond

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,...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/naval/ships-naval/yemens-houthi-rebels-resume-attacks-on-shipping-following-two-week-lull/

Houthis in failed attack on U.S.-flagged Maersk Yorktown

Attacks on Maersk Yorktown and other ships are hitting Suez Canal transits

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...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/houthis-in-failed-attack-on-u-s-flagged-maersk-yorktown/

Maersk ship dodges Houthi missile

United States forces have shot down an anti-ship ballistic missile that Houthi rebels allegedly fired at a Maersk ship in the Gulf of Aden.

The US-flagged 2,500 TEU Maersk Yorktown was being escorted by the US Navy as it carried out feedering between Oman and Djibouti.

US Central Command said that the ABSM was shot down at 3 am Yemen time on 9 April.

It said, “The ASBM was likely targeting the MV Maersk Yorktown, a US-flagged, US-owned vessel being escorted by US warships USS Laboon (DDG 58) and...

https://container-news.com/maersk-ship-dodges-houthi-missile/