UK maritime agency reports incident southwest of Yemen’s Hodeidah

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said on Tuesday that it received a report of an incident 63 nautical miles southwest of Yemen’s Hodeidah, adding that authorities were investigating.

UKMTO said the ship captain reported explosion a distance from the vessel, but added that the vessel and crew were safe before the vessel continued to its next destination.

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Iran-aligned Houthi militants have launched attacks on international shipping near Yemen since last November in solidarity with Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas.

The attacks have drawn US and British retaliatory strikes and disrupted global trade as ship owners reroute vessels away from the Red Sea and Suez Canal to sail the longer route around the southern tip of Africa.

With Reuters

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