Twice targeted by Houthis, Star Bulk won’t be going through Suez

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...

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Houthis attack another Star Bulk vessel

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#...

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