US-flagged Maersk vessel was targeted by Houthi missiles in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday.

The US and UK launched further strikes against Houthi sites in Yemen and refuted claims of a successful attack on a US heavy lift vessel.

A Genco Shipping & Trading bulker is the latest vessel to be hit by a drone strike in the Red Sea.

Attacks by Houthi militia on vessels transiting the Red Sea continued on Tuesday with a Greek-owned vessels hit by a missile.

A bulker owned by US-listed Eagle Bulk Shipping has been struck by an anti-ship ballistic missile according to US Central Command (US Centcom).

A fire on board the container ship Stride has claimed the lives of two crew and a third was airlifted to hospital early on Monday morning, there were no other injuries reported.

Houthi rebel leader Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi has ordered his forces not to fire on vessels transiting the Red Sea which declare they have no connection to Israel.

As more and more ships divert from the Red Sea over the threat from Houthi rebels opinion writer Michael Grey warns the situation should not be allowed to drift on.

Three container ships, one each from MSC, Maersk and CMA CGM, were identified on VesselsValue AIS heading south in the Suez Canal towards the Red Sea danger zone despite the carrier’s saying they had re-routed vessels around the African Cape.

With continued attacks on ships in the Red Sea the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) says the safety of seafarers should be paramount, as Ocean Network Express (ONE) becomes the latest to say it is avoiding the region.