A bulker underway off Yemen has had a close call with Houthi missiles twice over the past 24 hours, as it sails in the Bab el-Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden, maritime security sources said on Monday.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) classified the incident as an attack on the vessel, which it did not identify.
The first incident occurred 25 nautical miles (46 km) west of Mukha at 16:13 GMT on Sunday, when the security officer of the ship’s management company reported that a missile splashed “in close proximity to the vessel”.
