A boat in the Gulf of Aden was attacked on Thursday. Officials believe it was done by Yemen’s Houthi rebels because of the fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The attack happened after the US military said on Thursday that a friendly warship destroyed a missile aimed at a ship the day before in the same area. The Houthis said they were responsible for the attack on Wednesday. This comes after there were not many rebel attacks on ships in the area because of Israel’s ongoing war on Hamas in Gaza.
On Thursday, a ship was attacked about 25 kilometers (15 miles) southwest of Aden, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center.
The captain told the UKMTO that he heard a loud noise and saw something splash and smoke in the sea. “The ship and everyone on board are okay. ”
Ambrey, a private security company, also reported the attack.
The Houthis did not admit to the attack right away, but they usually take hours to do so. The European Union’s forces shot down a drone from Houthi territory on Thursday, according to Gen Robert Brieger.
The Houthis have attacked ships more than 50 times, took one ship, and made another one sink since November, the US Maritime Administration says.
Houthi attacks are happening less often because the rebels are being attacked by the US and other countries in Yemen. Also, shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden has decreased because of the danger. Officials in America think that the rebels might not have many weapons left because of the attacks by the US and the constant use of drones and missiles in recent months.
However, the attack on Wednesday was the first one from rebels in a while. An explosion happened about 130 kilometers (80 miles) southeast of Djibouti in the Gulf of Aden, according to the UKMTO.
On Thursday, the US military said that a coalition warship shot down a missile that was probably aimed at the MV Yorktown, a US-owned ship with 18 American and four Greek crew members.
Central Command said that no one got hurt or things broken on US, coalition, or commercial ships.
Brigadier General Yahya Saree, who speaks for the Houthi military, said they were responsible for the attack. However, he had no proof that their missile actually hit the Yorktown. Saree said the Houthis attacked another ship in the Indian Ocean, but didn’t show any proof. The Houthis have often said things that weren’t true during their war in Yemen.
The Houthis will keep attacking until Israel stops fighting in Gaza, where more than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed. The fighting started when the group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 and killed 1,200 people. They also took about 250 people as hostages.
The ships attacked by the Houthis mostly have nothing to do with Israel, the US, or other countries in the war. The rebels tried to shoot missiles at Israel, but most of the missiles didn’t reach or were stopped.
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Ship comes under attack off coast of Yemen
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Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov sank off coast of Crimea – Ukraine
A large Russian ship called the Caesar Kunikov has sunk near Crimea. Ukraine’s armed forces reported this.
There were loud explosions on Wednesday morning, as per local social media. They said that the ship was hit not far from Yalta town.
Ukraine has attacked Russia’s navy in Crimea several times.
Satellite pictures from last year showed that most of the ships had left the peninsula.
Ukraine’s intelligence agency said on a messaging app that they used Magura V5 naval drones in the attack.
Russia has been at war with Ukraine for almost three years. Ukraine’s military leader says the situation is very difficult.
Last week, Col Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi became the top commander. On Wednesday, he went to the front line after a Russian missile killed three people in Selydove.
Russia’s navy did not confirm that the Caesar Kunikov ship was sunk in the Black Sea. They only said they destroyed six Ukrainian drones. A video showing the aftermath of the Ukrainian attack was recently uploaded and verified by media.
Russian military bloggers acknowledged that their aircraft had been hit, but said that the crew had survived. The Russian military doesn’t often tell about big defeats and Russians listen to just a few popular bloggers for news.
The Caesar Kunikov was made at the end of the Soviet period. If it’s confirmed that the ship has sunk, it would be the second time a ship has been successfully hit in the Black Sea this month. A little ship called Ivanovets was attacked by drones about two weeks ago.
In December, the Novocherkassk, a Russian landing ship, was hit while parked in the port of Feodosiya. -
Unknown ship oil leak damages Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago is thinking about saying there’s a big problem over a spill of oil from a ship that crashed and turned over this week.
At least 15 kilometers (9 miles) of the south-western coast of Tobago has been affected, including some of the island’s beautiful beaches.
Around 1,000 people who are not being paid by the government have come to help clean up the spill.
Divers are trying to find and stop the leak from the ship that was left by its crew.
Farley Augustine, the top official of Tobago island, said on Saturday that the government might call the accident a Level 3 disaster, which is the most serious.
“He said that it looks like we are going that way,” according to AFP news agency.
The spill is at Level 2, which means the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management thinks the country can handle it.
A national emergency is declared when local resources are “too much” and help is needed from other countries.
The ship named The Gulfstream turned over last Wednesday near the Cove Eco-Industrial Estate.
No emergency calls were made.
The event happened a few days before Trinidad and Tobago’s carnival, which is an important way for the country to make money. -
Icon of the Seas: Biggest cruise ship in the world begins its first journey from Miami
The biggest cruise ship in the world has started its first trip from Miami, Florida. People are worried about the ship causing pollution by releasing methane gas.
The Icon of the Seas is 365 meters long and has 20 floors. It can hold a maximum of 7,600 passengers. Royal Caribbean Group owns it.
The boat is going on a trip to visit different islands in the tropics for seven days.
Environmentalists are saying that the LNG-powered ship will release harmful methane gas into the air.
Even though LNG is cleaner than fuel oil, it can still leak methane into the air.
Methane is a stronger greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.
Bryan Comer, who is the director of the Marine Programme at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), said it’s a bad move. He told Reuters news agency that.
“He said using LNG as a marine fuel emits more than 120% extra greenhouse gas emissions than marine gas oil. ”
Earlier this week, the ICCT said that methane emissions from ships using LNG fuel are higher than what current regulations say.
Methane is a very strong greenhouse gas. It holds in 80 times more heat than carbon dioxide in the atmosphere for 20 years. Reducing these gases is very important to help stop the earth from getting too warm.
Royal Caribbean claims that the Icon of the Seas is 24% better at using energy than what is needed for new ships, according to the International Maritime Organization. The company wants to make a ship that doesn’t create any pollution by 2035.
Lionel Messi, the captain of Argentina’s winning World Cup team, who plays for Inter Miami, was at the ship’s naming ceremony on Thursday. He put a football on a stand to break a champagne bottle for good luck.
The building of Icon of the Seas cost $2 billion or £1. 6 billion The resort has seven pools, six big slides, and over 40 places to eat and drink. -
120-passenger ship catches fire off Philippines
The country’s coast guard said on Sunday that a ship carrying 120 people caught fire off the island of Bohol in the Philippines.
Videos released by the Philippine Coast Guard showed billows of black smoke and flames erupting from the back of the MV Esperanza Star.
All 120 passengers and staff members were safely taken from the ship, the coast guard informed CNN. It claimed that no injuries had been sustained and that the fire had been put out.
When the fire started, the ship was sailing between the Philippine islands of Siquijor and Bohol, according to the coast guard.
In a statement on Facebook, the coast guard said its rescue ships would remain in the waters of Panglao, Bohol, to monitor the situation.
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Open Arms rescue ship saves scores in the Mediterranean
Rescue teams out in force on Wednesday in the Mediterranean as they tried to save some 88 people, including children and babies, who have been shipwrecked on a flimsy boat that gave way.
The Open arms vessel said it recovered five bodies and that the rickety boat collapsed and tipped them into the sea.
The Spanish NGO managed to distribute waistcoats and masks in the moments before the ground sank.
It is the second migrant boat that the organisation’s vessel has rescued in less than 24 hours.
Several miles away it was a similar situation but on a different boat. Some 13 people drowned off the Libyan coast while it managed to save 85 who were adrift and in danger of sinking in international waters.
Their boat was badly damaged, with water and gasoline spilled inside.
The NGO has criticised the fact that the countries of the Mediterranean have abandoned these people and have not moved government relief teams.
Since the start of the year, more than 575 migrants have died while trying to reach Europe, according to the UN’s Migration body the IOM.
The rescue ship set sail from the port of Barcelona (northeast Spain) on November 4 bound for the central Mediterranean, where in recent days it was waiting to receive a request for help.
Source: africanews.com