ATHENS: Two seafarers on the Liberian-flagged, Greek-operated bulk service Eternity C have been killed in a drone and speedboat assault off Yemen, Liberia’s delivery delegation informed a UN assembly on Tuesday (Jul 8), the second incident in a day after months of calm.
The Crimson Sea, which passes Yemen’s coast, has lengthy been a important waterway for the world’s oil and commodities however visitors has dropped for the reason that Iran-aligned Houthi militia started focusing on ships in November 2023 in what they mentioned was solidarity with Palestinians towards Israel within the Gaza battle.
The deaths on the Eternity C, the primary involving delivery within the Crimson Sea since June 2024, deliver the entire variety of seafarers killed in assaults on vessels plying the Crimson Sea to 6.
Hours earlier than the newest assault, the Houthis had claimed duty for a strike on one other Liberia-flagged, Greek-operated bulk service, the MV Magic Seas, off southwest Yemen on Sunday, saying the vessel sank. The vessel’s supervisor mentioned the details about the sinking couldn’t be verified.
All crew on the Magic Seas have been rescued by a passing service provider vessel and arrived safely in Djibouti on Monday, Djibouti authorities mentioned.
The Houthis haven’t commented on the Eternity C.
“Simply as Liberia was processing the shock and grief of the assault towards Magic Seas, we obtained a report that Eternity C once more has been attacked, attacked horribly and inflicting the dying of two seafarers,” Liberia’s delegation informed a session of the United Nations delivery company, the Worldwide Maritime Group, held in London this week.
