Further Missile Attack on Container Vessel from Houthi Controlled Area

A missile fired from rebel-controlled Yemen misses a container ship in Bab el-Mandeb Strait according to AP News reports - citing a US defense official.

• It is the latest vessel attack in the region threatening ships at a crucial choke point for global trade.
• “The attack saw the missile splash harmlessly in the water near the Maersk Gibraltar, a Hong Kong-flagged container ship that had been traveling from Salalah, Oman, to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia” AP News cited the official as saying.
• The vessel was reportedly the Maersk Gibraltar.
• Two missiles were fired from the territory at a jet fuel tanker on Wednesday and another at a Norwegian flagged tanker in the Red Sea Monday.
• Initial attacks were suspected as directed at Israeli linked vessels but have appeared more random in nature creating security risks for global shipping firms using the passage.