UK 'reserves right to respond' after oil tanker set alight off Yemen
Source: The Guardian
UK ‘reserves right to respond’ after oil tanker set alight off Yemen
Houthis claim their naval forces targeted Marlin Luanda in Gulf of Aden
Tom Ambrose and agency
Fri 26 Jan 2024 23.36 GMT
First published on Fri 26 Jan 2024 20.35 GMT
The UK government has said Britain and its allies “reserve the right to respond appropriately” after an oil tanker was struck and set alight off coast of Yemen.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed their naval forces carried out an operation targeting what they described as the “British oil tanker Marlin Luanda” in the Gulf of Aden. Shipping data suggests the vessel sails under the flag of the Marshall Islands.
They used “appropriate naval missiles, the strike was direct”, the Houthi military spokesperson, Yahya Sarea, said in a statement.
Commodities group Trafigura said the vessel was operated on its behalf.
The company, which has offices in Britain, said firefighting equipment on board was being deployed to control the flames and that the safety of the crew was its “foremost priority”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/26/vessel-on-fire-after-being-struck-off-coast-of-yemen-amid-houthi-threats
The Marlin Luanda oil tanker was hit off the coast of Yemen (Frank Findler)
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Source: BBC
Oil tanker on fire after Houthi missile attack, firm says
26 January 2024
By James Gregory
BBC News
An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.
The movement said it had targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday evening.
Operator Trafigura told the BBC the strike caused a fire in one of the ship's cargo tanks and firefighting equipment was being used to contain it.
US officials told the BBC's US partner CBS the tanker was hit by an anti-ship ballistic missile and a naval ship was responding to its distress signal.
There were no injuries reported, the US officials said.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68110358
The Marlin Luanda oil tanker was hit off the coast of Yemen (Frank Findler)