Yemen’s Houthi group has claimed responsibility for a military operation against the Norwegian tanker STRINDA.
IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim has expressed concern over the series of attacks against commercial vessels that have been occurring in the Red Sea.
As the Secretary-General expressed in his statement, the recent reports of threats made to commercial shipping in the Red Sea are extremely alarming and unacceptable. Commercial shipping should never be a collateral victim of geopolitical conflicts, he highlighted.
One actual incident of armed robbery against ships (CAT 4) in Asia between 5th – 11th December 2023.
The incident occurred on 26 Nov 2023 onboard a container ship while anchored at Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) Anchorage, the Philippines.
Another tanker was attacked by gunmen in a speedboat and targeted with missiles, in the Red Sea, off Yemen’s coast.