Splash has obtained an advanced copy of the tentative ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, expected to be agreed upon shortly. Shipping analysts contacted by Splash, however, remain cautious on prospects for a swift resumption of merchant trade along the Red Sea. Qatar has been hosting...
https://splash247.com/shipping-cautious-as-gaza-ceasefire-agreement-nears/
The head of shipping’s top lobby group has welcomed the “positive developments” witnessed in Qatar in recent days where ceasefire talks are underway between Israel and Hamas. Details are emerging of a potential ceasefire between Israel and Hamas after more than 400 days of war, a development that...
https://splash247.com/gaza-truce-talks-spur-hope-for-resumption-of-red-sea-shipping/
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) reports that U.S. forces conducted multiple precision strikes against Iran-backed Houthi targets in Sana’a and coastal locations within Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen, Dec. 30 and 31.
On Dec. 30 and 31, U.S. Navy ships and aircraft targeted a Houthi command and control facility and advanced conventional weapon (ACW) production and storage facilities that included missiles and uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV). CENTCOM says these facilities were used in Houthi...
https://www.marinelog.com/news/centcom-forces-strike-multiple-houthi-targets/
(Bloomberg) — Israel struck multiple targets in Yemen it said were controlled by Houthis, the last of the Iran-backed groups still fully engaged in the regional war that began 14…
https://gcaptain.com/israel-hits-the-houthis-in-yemen-after-their-slow-escalation/
Israeli fighter jets have bombed the international airport in Yemen’s capital Sanaa and several ports in the Red Sea. Israel Defence Forces (IDF) stated that it conducted strikes on what it claimed were ‘military targets belonging to the Houthi terrorist regime’ on Yemen’s western coast and on...
JERUSALEM, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday Israel would continue acting against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, whom he accused of threatening world shipping and the international order, and…
https://gcaptain.com/netanyahu-says-israel-will-continue-to-act-against-the-houthis/
Multiple fatalities have been reported following a series of Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s port infrastructure and oil storage facilities in the ports of Ras Isa and Hodeidah. According to reports by Houthi-controlled media, the attacks killed at least nine people, seven in the port of Salif and...
https://splash247.com/israel-strikes-ports-and-oil-facilities-in-yemen/
Captain Avhilash Rawat had just finished dinner when an anti-ship ballistic missile smashed into his oil tanker.
https://gcaptain.com/what-its-like-to-captain-a-tanker-on-fire-after-a-houthi-attack/
The Houthis roared back into action yesterday, firing a barrage of armaments against a passing American convoy in the Red Sea. As is common in the 13-month campaign waged by the Houthis, there are discrepancies in terms of the scale and efficacy of the latest attacks with the Yemeni group claiming...
https://splash247.com/houthis-fire-barrage-at-passing-american-convoy/
Today is the one-year anniversary of the start of Red Sea crisis as well as being the 1,000th day since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine – two events that have been seismic for shipping. On November 19 last year, Houthi militants stormed the Bahamas-flagged Galaxy Leader,...
https://splash247.com/shipping-reflects-on-a-year-of-red-sea-chaos-and-1000-days-of-war-in-ukraine/