EUNAVFOR informed that the oil tanker that was attacked on March 3, off Hodeidah, Yemen, is the Merchant Tanker "Abqaiq", a Kingdom of Saudi Arabia flagged vessel. Combined Maritime Forces and EUNAVFOR confirmed that the incident is related to the ongoing conflict in Yemen. The tanker was sailing in international waters off Hodeidah.
Read moreHouthi rebels in Yemen attacked a Saudi Arabian oil tanker on Tuesday March 3, off Hodeidah, Yemen. The Houthis said that this attack was made to avenge a Saudi aerial assault on Hodeidah; the only Yemeni port that Houthis control. A Saudi-coalition warship escorted the tanker, but it is possible that fuel might be leaking.
Read moreAn Australian family was sailing off Yemen when pirates approached them. The pirates stalked the family for about four hours, trying to prevent them from approaching other ships. The pirates were eventually gave up and left, when Japanese and Pakistani warships came in the area.
Read moreA fire erupted at the Port of Hodeidah in Yemen, on Saturday March 31. The fire destroyed warehouses, which were filled with cooking fuel and food supplies. Fire trucks have not managed to extinguish the fire in the warehouses area, which workers said that it may have been caused by an electrical short circuit.
Read moreGard released an update, regarding the port situation in Yemen as it stands on 22 January 2018, informing on what ports are open and which are closed. The capacity of the open ports may, however, be limited, and there may be a lack of fuel supplies and other basic services.
Read moreIn response to the threats arising from the conflict in Yemen, Phil Tinsley, BIMCO’s Head of Maritime Security, raised some key points before ships navigate in this region. The video came in public just a day after BIMCO, ICS and INTERTANKO published interim guidance on maritime security in the southern Red Sea and Bab al-Mandeb.
Read moreThe guidance highlights the use of the Maritime Security Transit Corridor, the registration with MSCHOA and reporting to UKMTO, as well as reviewing and updating risk assessments and plans to include new threats.
Read moreUnited Nations aid agencies pleaded for the Yemeni port of Hodeidah to remain open past Friday, when the Saudi-led military coalition is supposed to close the port, in order to enable the delivery of life-saving goods.
Read moreWhile no detailed information were given on how Houthis will conduct such a move, the Bab al-Mandab strait, the part where Red Sea meets the Gulf of Aden in the Arabian Sea, is only 20 km wide, thus making many ships easy targets. If no solution is found, a block of the international navigation in the Red Sea is possible.
Read moreSaudi-led coalition decided to close access to Yemeni ports, in order to stop arms supply to the Houthis. North P&I Club now provides a list of which Yemeni ports are open and operational and which are not.
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