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The threat of Houthi attacks on merchant vessels may result in ships avoiding the route. Above, a container ship in the Suez Canal in December. Photo: Bloomberg
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Yemen’s Houthi militants continued to pound a commercial ship in the Red Sea – hours after beginning an assault on the vessel that left crew missing – the latest sign that the Tehran-backed group is once again escalating its threat to the merchant fleet.
“The vessel has sustained significant damage and has lost all propulsion,” the UK Maritime Trade Operations (MTO), a liaison between the UK navy and commercial shipping, said yesterday.
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