At least two crew members of a Liberian-flagged bulk service had been killed and two extra injured as Yemen’s Houthi rebels resumed assaults on vessels within the Red Sea.
The Greek-operated Eternity C was focused in a drone and speedboat assault off Yemen on Monday night, Liberia’s delivery delegation instructed a gathering of the International Maritime Organization on Tuesday.
The deaths on the vessel, the primary involving delivery within the Red Sea since June 2024, deliver the whole variety of seafarers killed in assaults on vessels within the very important delivery hall to 6.
Monday’s assault on Eternity C, 50 nautical miles southwest of the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, was the second on service provider vessels within the area since November 2024, in accordance with an official on the European Union’s Operation Aspides, assigned to assist defend Red Sea delivery.
Hours earlier than the assault, the Iran-aligned Houthi insurgent group claimed duty for a strike on the Liberia-flagged, Greek-operated MV Magic Seas bulk service off southwest Yemen earlier Sunday, saying the ship sank.
“Just as Liberia was processing the shock and grief of the attack against Magic Seas, we received a report that Eternity C again has been attacked, attacked horribly and causing death of two seafarers,” Liberia’s delegate instructed the U.N. delivery company’s gathering.
At least two crew members had been injured, the vessel’s operator, Cosmoship Management, and maritime safety sources instructed Reuters, including that the ship was itemizing.
Eternity C, with 22 crew members – 21 Filipinos and one Russian – on board, was attacked with sea drones and rocket-propelled grenades fired from manned speedboats, sources instructed Reuters.
Source: www.dailysabah.com