Houthis Target Maersk Ship in Arabian Sea Attack

Yemen's Houthis said they targeted the Maersk Sentosa ship in the Arabian sea with several ballistic and wing missiles.

"The American ship Maersk Sentosa was targeted in the Arabian Sea by naval forces and missile force in a joint operation," Yahya Sarea, the Yemeni group's military spokesperson, said in a televised speech.

“The naval, UAV, and the missile forces of the Yemeni armed forces carried out several military operations, as follows: the American ship Maersk Sentosa was targeted in the Arabian Sea by naval forces and missile force in a joint operation with a number of ballistic and winged missiles. The hit was direct and accurate,” he added.

Shipping giant Maersk said one of its vessels, the Maersk Sentosa, reported being targeted by a flying object in the north of the Gulf of Aden.

Maersk said that no injuries to the crew or damage to the ship or cargo were reported.

A spokesperson for the Copenhagen-based company said the ship was one of its U.S.-flagged vessels sailing for the subsidiary Maersk Line, Limited.

The captain of an unnamed merchant ship reported an explosion close to the vessel some 333 km east of Yemen's Nishtun, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said in an advisory note.

UKMTO added that the vessel and its crew are safe.

Sarea also said the group targeted the Marathopolis ship in the Arabian Sea and the MSC Patnaree ship in the Gulf of Aden with a number of drones.

Houthi militants in Yemen have launched drone and missile attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab Strait and Gulf of Aden since November. They say they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians over the war in Gaza.