Crew rescued
Greek oil tanker fired upon in the Red Sea
The Houthi militia has fired on the Greek oil tanker "Sounion". The 25 crew members were taken to Djibouti, according to a representative of the EU naval operation "Aspides". This is the third attack on a ship belonging to the Delta Tankers shipping company in the Red Sea in August.
The Houthi militia in Yemen repeatedly attacks merchant ships and justifies this as solidarity with Hamas in the war with Israel in the Gaza Strip.
Here you can see footage of the ship being shot at.
The ship was hit by several bullets on Wednesday about 77 nautical miles west of the port city of Hodeidah in Yemen. As a result, a fire broke out on board. The engines also failed, which meant that the tanker could no longer maneuver and was adrift in the Red Sea.
Surface vessel destroyed
The crew was rescued and brought to Djibouti. Prior to this, an unmanned surface vessel that had posed a threat to the "Sounion" had been destroyed.
The ship was loaded with one million barrels of oil. It is now anchored between Yemen and Eritrea.
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