A Barbados-flagged, US-owned bulk carrier was struck Wednesday southwest of the Yemeni port city of Aden, triggering a naval operation to rescue the crew, a maritime security firm said.
"Reports confirmed the bulker had been struck and sustained damage," Ambrey said, adding that a rescue operation was "underway with parts of the crew already in lifeboats."
It did not elaborate on the attack but cautioned other ships to steer clear of the bulker, which it said matches the "targeting profile" of Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels.
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Three crew members are missing from the Barbados-flagged bulk carrier True Confidence and four others have sustained serious burns after the vessel was damaged off Yemen, a shipping source said on Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteThe source, who declined to be identified, added that the vessel appeared to have been abandoned.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency had reported that a merchant vessel had been damaged in an attack south of Yemen and coalition forces were supporting it.