Today another ship was attacked in the Red Sea while was sailing off the coast of Hodeidah, Yemen. He made it known the British company Ambrey, a company operating in the Safety at the service of the maritime sector and industry offshore, attributing the assault to Houthi militiamen who have Initially attacked the tanker using a boat from which shots were fired at which he A private security team on board the ship responded. Subsequently, the military naval force in the hands of the Houthis they would radio-ask the tanker to head to Hodeidah, threatening a new attack if the request was not Respected.

Ambrey specified that the ship later reported an explosion occurred 200 meters from her stern, receiving the advice from the US Navy to turn off the AIS transmitter and move away from Yemeni territorial waters as far as possible velocity. The British agency said that the Navy U.S. has announced that it has naval units close to the tanker, towards which, in the meantime, they had been launched Two missiles that would not have caused any damage.

The targeted ship would be the product tanker Ardmore Encounter that is reported in that area of the Red Sea. The The ship is part of the fleet of the Irish company Ardmore Shipping, a listed on the New York Stock Exchange, which since last year has seen among the shareholders EPS Ventures, a wholly-owned subsidiary Quantum Pacifici Shipping, which is owned by the Israeli shipowner Idan Ofer.

The incident was confirmed by the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) of the Royal Navy, according to which a merchant ship was approached up to half a mile of distance from a small boat with three armed people on board, with which the security team on board the ship has engaged A firefight that forced the assailants to get away. The UKMTO also confirmed that an explosion was was then recorded about 200 meters from the ship, an incident that did not caused damage.