Red Sea

There aren’t any Greek sailors on board the ship and there’s a risk that the Tutor should be towed to a protected port. The air assault in line with the primary data was carried out by an unmanned plane.

In keeping with data, the purpose the place the assault occurred is exterior the world of ​​accountability of the “Shields” operation.

The Liberian-flagged ship is “taking up water within the engine room,” Diaplous mentioned with out figuring out the ship.

UK Maritime Commerce Operations later reported that the ship had been “struck on the strict by a small vessel” described as “white in colour and 5-7 meters in size”.

The incident was reported on VHF radio at 07:10 native time whereas the ship was crusing south about 70 nautical miles (130 km) southwest of the Yemeni port of Hodeidah within the southern Crimson Sea.

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It’s famous that dozens of ships have been attacked in the identical space since mid-November by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who search to disrupt maritime commerce. But in addition to place strain on Israel and its Western allies to cease the navy repression of the Hamas group in Gaza.

The strikes, carried out by drones, missiles, tried boarding and a hijacking, resulted within the deaths of three sailors and 10 Houthi fighters, the sinking of the cargo ship Rubymar (32,200-dwt, in-built 1997) and the kidnapping of 25 crew members. of the crew of the ship Galaxy Chief (capability 5,100-ceu, in-built 2002).

The goal of an assault by the Houthis was a Greek-owned ship with the flag of Panama within the Crimson Sea on Saturday (18/5), however the strike didn’t trigger main injury or casualties.

Particularly, based on what the US Central Command introduced, the assault passed off at roughly 1 am. (Sanaa time) on Might 18, when the Iran-backed Houthis launched a anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) within the Crimson Sea and hit the M/T Wind, a Panamanian-flagged, Greek-owned oil tanker.

The M/T Wind had lately docked in Russia and was sure for China. The assault precipitated flooding which resulted within the lack of propulsion and steering.

Warship instantly responded to M/T Wind’s misery name, however no help was required. The crew of the M/T Wind was capable of restore propulsion and steering and no casualties have been reported. The M/T Wind continued its course beneath its personal energy

#BREAKING | #US #CENTCOM says Ansar Allah launched one anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) into the #RedSea and struck M/T Wind, a #Panamanian-flagged, #Greek-owned and operated oil tanker pic.twitter.com/GtT96gzLUR

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) Might 18, 2024