Gunshots ring out in the Red Sea for the first time in more than a week
The Houthis remain a menace to merchant shipping in the Middle East.
After eight consecutive days of no reported incidents, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency carried news yesterday of an incident in the southern Red Sea.
The master of a vessel reported being hailed on the radio by an entity claiming to be the Yemeni Navy demanding that they turn on AIS, a well-known method of Houthi engagement with passing ships. A crewmember then reported having heard suspected gunshots.
The disruption brought about by the Houthis’ campaign to target more than 70 merchant ships over the past five months has seen traffic slump by more than two-thirds in the Red Sea, but for vessels heading to the region armed guards have become necessary.
Amid a tight supply and demand situation, prices for private maritime security guards onboard have shot up dramatically this year, rekindling the era of Somalian piracy more than a decade ago.
The demand for extra security has also been bolstered by the sudden return of Somalian pirates who have started targeting ships and crews for hijack and ransoms.
Another nine Somali pirates were arrested by the Indian Navy on March 29, having abducted an Iranian dhow.
It is frightening we live in a world controlled by Muslim terrorists and Somali pirates , they have full control of the Red Sea and no one cares , they , the Muslim terrorists and Somali pirates dictate who can travel in these waters , occasionally hijacking and ransoming the ships or like the Muslim terrorists just fire on the ships and murder innocent people .
Don’t u think it’s more frightening to live in a world where America and its zionist under genocide Joe Biden and it’d proxies eg.uk France Germany and England
And out of the countries on this planet earth has the political will
to challenge them without going threw due process like the unsc ICC ,icj from which the world’s largest terrorists group operating from the white house has the power to muscle them and eventually come up with the most absurd rulings which constitute a complete travesty of justice which ultimately proves that these organizations id just another bunch of puppets the world’s biggest terrorists controll under the banner of democracy .so I suggest u wake up and smell the bombs as lits likes versus likes as it appears u completely anti Muslim which is sad rather than to take the humane facts is concern .
Don’t treat the headache treat and seek the origin that bring the headache ok