Two sailors have been injured in a Houthi missile strike on a Dutch-flagged cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, with the crew evacuated by helicopter from the burning vessel, the ship’s owner says.
Spliethoff describes yesterday’s strike as “inflicting substantial damage” to the Minervagracht.
A European naval force operating in the region, known as Operation Aspides, says the Minervagracht “is on fire and adrift” after the crew’s rescue
It identifies the ship’s crew as coming from the Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka and Ukraine, with one wounded and stable and another severely wounded and airlifted to Djibouti for medical care.
The French military’s Maritime Information, Cooperation and Awareness Center identified the Houthis as carrying out the attack.
The Iran-backed rebel group has yet to comment on the attack, which took place some distance from the Red Sea, where most of its strikes have occurred.
The US Navy-overseen Joint Maritime Information Center says the Minervagracht had “no Israeli affiliations.”
The last recorded attack on a commercial vessel in the Gulf of Aden before the Minervagracht came in August 2024.
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