Vessel hit 60 nautical miles off the coast of Yemen in the latest reported attack by movement.

An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.

US officials told the BBC’s US partner CBS the tanker was hit by an anti-ship ballistic missile and a naval ship was responding to its distress signal.

There were no injuries reported, the US officials said.

Houthi military spokesman Yaha Sarea said the group used “a number of appropriate naval missiles” and Friday’s strike was “direct”.

  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
    226·
    10 months ago

    Seems to be a British oil tanker:

    Shipping data suggests the vessel sails under the flag of the Marshall Islands. The British government has yet to comment on the claims but commodities group Trafigura said the vessel was operated on its behalf.’

        • Maggoty@lemmy.world
          93·
          10 months ago

          Yeah the country that wants to police the shipping lanes and is dependent on oil shipping is mad an oil tanker got hit. Surprise.

      • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
        56·
        10 months ago

        The article says that the tanker had links to the UK.

        Of course Trafiguera has offices all over the world. Every shipping company registers their ship in some weird place like Panama or the Bahamas.

        The question is who actually owns it.

        • Maggoty@lemmy.world
          4·
          10 months ago

          Trafiguera actually owns it. They’re listed as the owner on the registry. Calling Trafiguera a British company because it has an office in London is ridiculous. That would make 99 percent of the worlds shipping US/UK/CN simultaneously.

          • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
            04·
            10 months ago

            The operator of the Marlin Luanda is registered as being Oceonix Services Ltd, a UK registered company.

            • Maggoty@lemmy.world
              21·
              10 months ago

              So they attacked a third country ship purely to get at the British civilians on board?

              Yeah I get why Rishi is talking war now. That’s fucking ridiculous.

              • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
                14·
                10 months ago

                Mate Britain bombed Yemen first and actually killed people.

                Sunak’s family owns Infosys which is heavily involved in the gas deal to steal Gaza’s Marine field. It’s pretty clear why Sunak is helping Israel here.

                • Maggoty@lemmy.world
                  22·
                  10 months ago

                  Right. They bombed Yemen for no reason. Couldn’t have anything to do with them firing at civilian ships.

                  Were you born yesterday? Because the rest of us have a functioning memory. The ships sole connection was the employer of the crew. It isn’t owned by the UK and it isn’t servicing either the UK or Israel. That makes this a terrorist attack. You went after civilians for your political cause.

                  Well done Houthis.

                  • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldOP
                    04·
                    10 months ago

                    “The ship didn’t have relations to the UK! But now that it did, UK was justified for defending israel’s genocide!”.

                    OK dude