What monitoring knowledge tells us about newest Houthi assault on cargo vessel – by Adam Parker, OSINT editor
At round 0001 UTC on Wednesday morning, Barbados-flagged cargo vessel True Confidence was within the Gulf of Aden and unexpectedly modified course to go away from the Red Sea.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) stated the ship had been receiving messages claiming to be from the Yemeni Navy. The messages had been being despatched for round half-hour and had been ordering the service provider ship to vary its course.
At 0341 UTC Wednesday, True Confidence was slowing and got here to a cease within the minutes after.
Tracking knowledge from MarineTraffic reveals the final recognized location of the ship was round 0429 UTC.
Since the beginning of Houthi assaults within the area, it’s normal for ships to show off their monitoring when travelling by way of the Red Sea.
The UKMTO stated the incident began at 0840 UTC, about 50 nautical miles southwest of Yemen’s Port of Aden. Other vessels within the space reported ‘a loud bang, and a big plume of smoke’.
They later reported {that a} vessel had been hit and suffered injury. They additionally stated True Confidence had been deserted by the crew.
The Indian Navy launched a rescue video of 21 crew, they are saying they arrived on the location at 1345 UTC.
Source: information.sky.com”