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Smoke rises from Marlin Luanda, merchant vessel, at the location given as Gulf of Aden.

Smoke rises from Marlin Luanda, a tanker carrying Russian naphtha, after the vessel was struck by a Houthi anti-ship missile in the Gulf of Aden, in this handout picture released January 27, 2024. @indiannavy via X/Handout via REUTERS

UKMTO Confirms Missile Strike On Vessel Near Yemen’s Aden

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August 3, 2024
Reuters

By Enas Alashray and Adam Makary

CAIRO, Aug 3 (Reuters) – A merchant vessel was hit by a missile 125 nautical miles east of Yemen‘s port of Aden, but “no fires, water ingress, or oil leaks were observed,” and the vessel is proceeding to its next port of call, British maritime agency UKMTO and British security firm Ambrey both confirmed on Saturday. 

Earlier reports from UKMTO and Ambrey indicated that the vessel might have been hit by an unknown explosive, potentially causing a fire on board.

There were no injuries and all crew were reported safe, UKMTO and Ambrey said in their advisory notes.

UKMTO added that it was the same vessel it identified as the MV GROTON involved in an incident it reported earlier, 170 nautical miles also east of Aden.

Ambrey also reported the incident saying that it “assessed that the vessel had been targeted earlier today and reported a close-proximity explosion.”

Earlier on Saturday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said it destroyed a Houthi missile and launcher in Yemen.

If the Houthis claim responsibility, the incidents would be their first since Israel carried out a retaliatory airstrike against the group in the port of Hodeidah.

The Houthi attacks have drawn U.S. 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.

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.

(Reporting by Adam Makary and Enas Alashray; editing by Andrew Cawthorne, Jason Neely and Nick Zieminski)

(c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2024.

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