IN WASHINGTON: A commercial tanker in the Gulf of Aden made a distress call and was rescued by a Following a US Navy warship; according to US officials on Sunday, the tanker is safe.
The Central Park was recognized as the tanker by the vessel’s company, which was carrying phosphoric acid as cargo. No assailants’ identity was disclosed by the authorities.
The US military claimed in a statement that the USS Mason convinced the commercial ship’s attackers to release it, assisted by other ships.
Attempting to flee in a swift boat, five armed people were
Two ballistic missiles were fired from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen toward the Mason and Central Park, the statement continued, but they landed roughly 10 nautical miles away from them with no damage or casualties reported.
Since a bloody conflict between Israel and the militant Palestinian organization Hamas began on October 7, there have been numerous strikes in Middle Eastern seas. This one is the most recent.
It came after Iran’s allied Yemeni Houthis seized a cargo ship with ties to Israel last week in the southern Red Sea. The organization threatened to target more Israeli boats after firing ballistic missiles and armed drones against Israel.
The Ofer family of Israel owns Zodiac Maritime Ltd., an international ship management firm with its headquarters in London, which is in charge of Central Park, a light chemical tanker weighing 19,998 metric tons. According to LSEG records, the vessel flying the Liberian flag was constructed in 2015 and is owned by Clumvez Shipping Inc.
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