Ship struck in Red Sea in suspected Yemen Houthi attack

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Ship struck in Red Sea in suspected Yemen Houthi *******

A suspected ******* by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has targeted a ship in the Red Sea, just north of where crews hope to salvage a tanker loaded with oil that is still ablaze after another ********.

The ******* marks the latest in the Iranian-backed rebels’ campaign to disrupt the $US1 trillion ($A1.5 trillion) in goods that pass through the Red Sea each year over the *******-****** war in the Gaza Strip, as well as halting some aid shipments to conflict-ravaged Sudan and Yemen.

Meanwhile, the efforts to salvage the still-burning Sounion seek to head off the potential ecological disaster posed by its cargo of one million barrels of crude oil.

In Monday’s ********, two projectiles hit the vessel, and a third ********** occurred near the ship, the ******* Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre (UKMTO) said.

“Damage control is under way,” the UKMTO said.

“There are no casualties onboard and the vessel is proceeding to its next port of call.”

The timing of the ******* and co-ordinates offered by the UKMTO corresponded to the reported path of the Panama-flagged oil tanker Blue Lagoon I, now travelling south through the Red Sea to an unlisted destination.

The Blue Lagoon I was coming from Russia’s port of Ust-Luga on the Baltic Sea and had been broadcasting that it had Russian-origin cargo on board.

The Greek-based firm operating the ship could not be immediately reachted.

The Houthis did not immediately claim responsibility for the *******.

However, it can take the rebels hours or even days to acknowledge their assaults.

The Houthis have targeted more than 80 vessels with missiles and drones since the war in Gaza started in October.

They seized one vessel and sank two in the campaign that also ******* four sailors.

Other missiles and drones have either been intercepted by a ******* States-led coalition in the Red Sea or ******* to reach their targets.

The rebels maintain that they target ships linked to *******, the US or *** to force an end to *******’s campaign against ****** in Gaza.

However, many of the ships attacked have little or no connection to the conflict, including some bound for Iran.

On Monday, a salvage effort appeared to be under way to tow away the Sounion oil tanker, which was earlier hit by the Houthis and abandoned by its crew.

The Sounion was carrying some one million barrels of oil when the Houthis initially attacked it on August 21 with small arms *****, projectiles and a drone boat.

A French destroyer operating as part of the ********* Union’s Operation Aspides rescued the Sounion’s crew of 25 Filipinos and Russians, as well as four private security personnel, after they abandoned the vessel, and took them to nearby Djibouti.

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