Tag: Yemen

Israel has issued an evacuation warning for three Houthi-controlled ports, following recent airstrikes and tension in the area.

The Red Sea ceasefire raises hopes in the shipping industry but maritime risks remain, Dryad Global highlights.

This week’s maritime security landscape by Dryad Global highlights intensifying piracy risks in the Gulf of Mexico, escalating naval tensions between India and Pakistan, and wider geopolitical shifts affecting maritime operations across key chokepoints and shipping lanes.

On 5 May, Israel launched airstrikes on Yemen’s Hodeidah Port in response to a missile attack by Iran-backed Houthi forces that landed near Israel’s main airport the previous day.

UKMTO has reported a series of alarming incidents in late April and early May, involving vessels anchored off the port of Ras Isa, located in Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen.

On 17 April the U.S. military carried out a targeted airstrike on the Houthi-controlled fuel port of Ras Isa in Yemen.

UKMTO said on 15 April that it received a report of an incident for a vessel east of Yemen's Aden in which shots were fired.

A national training focused on enhancing port facility security was completed in Aden, Yemen (14-16 January), as part of the EU-funded Regional Programme for Maritime Security in the Red Sea Area (Red Sea Project). 

U.S. President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order re-designating the Houthis as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO).

In recent months, the Association of German Shipowners (VDR) and German shipping companies have received threatening emails from the Houthis.