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US Navy ships fired on a Houthi anti-ship missile in Yemen hours after a tanker operated on behalf of trading giant Trafigura Group carrying a cargo of Russian fuel was hit in the most significant attack yet by the rebel group on an oil-carrying vessel. US Central Command said the…

JERUSALEM (AP) -- The crew aboard a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker hit by a missile launched by Yemens Houthi rebels extinguished an hourslong fire onboard the stricken vessel Saturday sparked by the strike, authorities said.

All crew were safe

Commodities trading giant Trafigura said it is assessing the safety of future Red Sea trips after a fire broke out on its oil tanker attacked by Houthis.

Commodities trader Trafigura said on Saturday it was assessing the security risks of further Red Sea voyages after firefighters put out a blaze on a tanker attacked by Yemen's Houthi group a day earlier. The tanker was carrying Russian naphtha purchased below the price cap in line with G7 sanctions, a Trafigura spokesperson said on Friday.

Major fire was reported at the vessel with 23 members of crew on board - Click the link for more.

The Indian Navy on Saturday contained a fire onboard a commercial oil tanker with 22 Indian crew in the Gulf of Aden while swiftly responding to a distress call from the vessel after it was struck by a missile on the key shipping route that witnessed similar strikes in the last few weeks., India News, Times Now

Houthi militias in Yemen have escalated attacks on ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, reaching a critical point with a missile hitting a British oil tanker on Friday. The resulting massive blaze on the Marlin Luanda took hours to control, raising fears of an environmental disaster if the tanker sank. The Marlin Luanda is operated on behalf of Trafigura, a multinational trading giant domiciled in Singapore. Earlier, Trafigura said a fire in the ship’s cargo tank had been extinguished with t...

The firefighting team of the Indian Navy warship, INS Visakhapatnam successfully brought the fire onboard the merchant vessel Marlin Luanda under control on Saturday.

ALBAWABA - In an unexpected turn of events, Yemen's Houthis claim to have successfully targeted the British oil ship MARLIN LUANDA with missiles, result