Even after last week’s US led air strikes, aimed at limiting the Houthi’s ability to threaten commercial shipping through the Bab al-Mandeb Straits, missiles are finding their targets, disrupting trade and risking the re-ignition of the...
The SeaPod, a situational awareness device developed by digital technology company OrcaAI, has already been installed on ships operated by major groups including Maran Tankers, MSC, NYK, and Seaspan.
The effect of the latest attack on USS Laboon by a Houthi fired anti-ship cruise missile has been for more ships avoid the Suez/Red Sea route as the carriers consider the region unsafe.
The US and UK have launched strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen to disrupt and degrade the capabilities of rebels to attack shipping in the Red Sea and protect global trade.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), which advises vessel operators on incidents involving shipping, has reported that up to five armed masked men boarded a tanker in the Gulf of Oman in the early hours of this morning.
War in Gaza has so far led to attacks on merchant vessels transiting the Red Sea, but some experts are also concerned about the spread of vessel attacks to Somali pirates operating in the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea region.