The nine-month long Red Sea shipping crisis entered a new, more dangerous phase over the weekend with Israel and the Houthis now in direct confrontation, carrying out long-range attacks on each other, and lending credence to the claims by the Houthis that they have the capacity to attack targets in...
https://splash247.com/israel-and-houthis-trade-blows-as-red-sea-shipping-crisis-enters-new-phase/
By Galit Altstein and Mohammed Hatem Jul 20, 2024,(Bloomberg) –Israel struck targets around the Houthi-held Red Sea port of Hodeidah, retaliating for a drone attack on Tel Aviv by the Iran-backed…
https://gcaptain.com/israel-strikes-yemeni-port-city-in-reply-to-houthi-drone-attack/
A Singapore-flagged boxship belonging to Asiatic Lloyd became the latest victim of the Houthi campaign against merchant shipping today. The 23-year-old, 2,078 teu Lobivia was struck by a number of projectiles 83 nautical miles southeast of Aden early this morning, according to UK maritime security...
https://splash247.com/asiatic-lloyd-boxship-struck-by-the-houthis/
The Houthi rebels have released a video of the most recent attack using an unmanned watercraft on a Liberia-flagged oil tanker Chios Lion in the Red Sea. The video shows an unmanned vessel doing damage to the tanker’s port side. They did several attacks on the vessel and another ship sailing some...
https://splash247.com/houthis-issue-chilling-video-of-latest-ship-strike/
An unnamed ship came under attack Monday by a series of small vessels and missiles some 70 nautical miles (130km) southwest of Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said the vessel had reported two collisions with an unnamed craft, while two manned...
https://splash247.com/series-of-attacks-launched-against-ship-off-yemen/
The Houthi campaign against merchant shipping is back in earnest following a pause at the start of the month. Splash reported yesterday on an attack on the Maersk Sentosa in the Gulf of Aden, far away from the Yemeni coastline – the first confirmed attack in July. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade...
A ship sailing through the Gulf of Aden came under fire Tuesday in a new suspected attack launched by Yemen’s Houthi group. If confirmed, the incident, which took place some 180 nautical miles east of the coastal town of Nishtun, would be the first Houthi launch targeting commercial shipping this...
https://splash247.com/blasts-reported-in-gulf-of-aden-in-first-suspected-houthi-attack-of-the-month/
Despite belligerent rhetoric and videos and images of enhanced military assets, it has now been eight days since the last confirmed incident in the Red Sea reported by merchant vessels to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). This comes after a severe escalation by the Houthis in...
https://splash247.com/shippings-winners-and-losers-from-an-end-to-the-red-sea-shipping-crisis/
The Houthis are preparing to deploy more drone boats packed with explosives in their ongoing campaign against merchant shipping in support of Hamas’s war with Israel. United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported an incident where the bulk carrier Summer Lady was approached yesterday...
https://splash247.com/houthis-up-their-kamikaze-drone-boat-campaign/
Additional tonne-miles in 2024 could smash records, according to new analysis from Clarksons Research. If the Red Sea shipping crisis persists throughout the year – as many analysts are now forecasting – Clarksons estimates shipping will need to handle 3,600bn extra tonne-miles, a tonne-mile...
https://splash247.com/additional-tonne-miles-in-2024-could-smash-records/