CAIRO: A ship was hit by unidentified projectiles 83 nautical miles southeast of Yemen’s Aden on Friday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations and British security firm Ambrey said.
All crew remained safe, said the UKMTO in an advisory note, while Ambrey, in a separate advisory, said the ship was a Singapore-flagged container vessel.
“The ship was transiting northeast along the Gulf of Aden when a merchant vessel in the vicinity observed ‘light and blast’ where the ship was located,” Ambrey added.
The British security firm added the ship appeared to immediately perform evasive maneuvers and switch off its automatic identification system approximately an hour later. Ambrey believed the vessel to be aligned with the Houthi target profile.
Since November, Houthi in Yemen have carried out drone and missile strikes in shipping lanes in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. The group has said its actions are to express solidarity with Palestinians affected by Israel’s war in Gaza.
Britain and the US have carried out retaliatory strikes since February, shooting down drones and bombing attack sites in Yemen.
