Salvage of the still-burning crude oil tanker attacked by Houthis within the Purple Sea is underway as tug boats started towing operations Saturday.
The Greek-flagged MV Sounion was the goal of a sequence of assaults Aug. 21 by Houthi militia primarily based in Yemen. Armed Houthis filmed themselves boarding the vessel and rigging it with explosives, crippling the ship and spurring fears of an environmental catastrophe because the cargo of greater than 1 million barrels of crude oil had reportedly begun leaking.
The crew had earlier been permitted to go away the ship.
The focusing on of delivery by the Houthis because the begin of the Israel-Hamas warfare Oct. 7 has led container and tanker traces to detour across the Purple Sea, although substantial civilian site visitors nonetheless transits the delivery lane.
The towing was secured by the European Union’s Naval Drive (Eunavfor), underneath Operation Aspides defending Purple Sea delivery.
“The salvage of the MV Sounion is a posh operation and consists of assorted phases. The tug boats have efficiently linked to the vessel and the towing of the MV Sounion to a protected location is in progress,” Eunavfor mentioned in a submit on X on Sunday.
No additional particulars had been disclosed.
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