On Sunday, February 18th, anti-ship ballistic missiles, launched by Houthi rebels from Yemen, struck the MV Rubymar, a 32,211 DWT, Belize-flagged, UK-owned, and Lebanese-operated bulk service within the Gulf of Aden close to the Bab al-Mandab Strait. The assault brought about adequate harm that the crew was compelled to desert the ship.
Right this moment, Yemen’s internationally acknowledged authorities mentioned that the ship had sunk within the Purple Sea on Friday night time. They warned that the ship’s cargo of fertilizer may pose an “environmental disaster” to the waterway.
The MV Rubymar is the primary vessel misplaced because the Houthis started focusing on industrial delivery in November, forcing delivery corporations to divert vessels to the longer, costlier route round southern Africa.
