A rescue mission for an oil tanker nonetheless ablaze after being attacked by Houthi rebels off the coast of Yemen final month, is about to start, the European Union’s Crimson Sea naval mission stated late Monday.
The Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion was hit by the Huthis off the coast of Hodeida on August 21 whereas carrying 150,000 metric tons of crude oil.
The Iran-backed rebels stated that they had booby-trapped and detonated fees on the ship.
The EU’s Aspides mission stated on Monday an operation involving personal firms was “about to start out” to salvage the vessel.
The naval drive “will present safety to the tug boats, that can take care of the salvage operation and facilitate their efforts to forestall an environmental catastrophe,” it introduced on X.
“A number of fires proceed to burn on the vessel’s fundamental deck,” the mission added, noting that there have been “no seen indicators of an oil spill.”
The Sounion’s crew, made up of 23 Filipinos and two Russians, was rescued the day after the assault by a French frigate serving with Aspides.
The EU naval drive was shaped in February to guard service provider vessels within the Crimson Sea from assaults by the Huthi rebels, who’ve waged a marketing campaign towards worldwide transport that they are saying is meant to point out solidarity with Palestinian group Hamas in its battle with Israel within the Gaza Strip.
In keeping with the UK Maritime Commerce Operations (UKMTO) company, two different ships had been struck in assaults off the coast of Yemen on Monday.
