{"id":3539,"date":"2024-03-07T18:43:44","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=3539"},"modified":"2024-03-07T18:43:44","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T16:43:44","slug":"ship-evacuated-after-first-civilian-fatalities-in-houthis-red-sea-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ch.jfdi.cc\/?p=3539","title":{"rendered":"Ship evacuated after first civilian fatalities in Houthis\u2019 Red Sea attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s navy evacuated all 20 crew from a stricken vessel in the Red Sea on Thursday, after a Houthi attack killed three seafarers in the first civilian fatalities from the Yemeni group\u2019s campaign against the key shipping route.The Iran-aligned militants fired a missile at the Barbados-flagged, Greek-operated True Confidence on Wednesday about 50 nautical miles off the southern Yemeni port of Aden, setting it ablaze.In a statement, the owners and manager said all 20 crew and three armed guards on board were taken to hospital in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa by an Indian warship.Two of the dead were Filipino nationals, while the third was Vietnamese, the owners and managers said, expressing condolences to families. Two other Filipinos were also severely injured.Vietnam on Thursday condemned the attack, and said one of the Vietnamese crew died while the remaining three nationals were in good health.Images released by the Indian Navy showed a helicopter winching crew members from a small life raft in choppy seas and taking them to a naval ship.Some wounded were shown lying in the bottom of a navy lifeboat sent to assist. They were carried on stretchers onto the ship and were shown later with heavily bandaged limbs as they were evacuated to the Djibouti hospital.\u201cThe vessel is drifting well away from land and salvage arrangements are being made,\u201d the companies said in the statement.Asalvage contract for the vessel has been signed, a spokesperson for the companies told Reuters, declining further details citing security issues.The Houthis have kept up a relentless campaign of attacks on vessels in one of the world\u2019s busiest shipping lanes since November, in what they say is solidarity with the Palestinians during Israel\u2019s war with Hamas in Gaza.\u201cThe loss of life and injuries to civilian seafarers is completely unacceptable,\u201d leading global shipping associations said on Thursday.\u201cThe frequency of attacks on merchant shipping highlights the urgent need for all stakeholders to take decisive action to safeguard the lives of innocent civilian seafarers and put an end to such threats.\u201dThe cost of insuring a seven-day voyage through the Red Sea has risen by hundreds of thousands of dollars since November.War risk insurance rates have already reflected the sinking of the Rubymar cargo ship, days after being hit by a Houthi missile on Feb 18, and the first fatalities from the True Confidence, said Munro Anderson, head of operations at marine war risk and insurance specialist Vessel Protect \u2013 part of Pen Underwriting.\u201cSo, the degree to which they create any further upwards pressure is likely to be limited in the short term,\u201d he said.\u201cThis is, however, predicated on how events evolve from this point forward.\u201d<strong>SAILORS\u2019 WELFARE<\/strong>The Houthis have used an array of sophisticated weapons, including ballistic missiles and \u201ckamikaze drones\u201d, despite retaliatory U.S. and U.K.-led strikes on their bases in Yemen aimed at crippling their ability to attack.Stephen Cotton, General Secretary of the International Transport Workers\u2019 Federation (ITF), the leading seafarers union, also called for better protection.\u201cNo delivery window is worth the loss of seafarers\u2019 lives,\u201d he said. \u201cWe call on the industry to divert ships around the Cape of Good Hope until safe transit through the Red Sea can be guaranteed.\u201dAround 23,000 ships a year pass through the narrow Bab al-Mandab Strait connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to the Suez Canal, accounting for around 12% of global trade.Taking the longer route around the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa adds about 10 days to the journey, delaying supply chains and pushing up costs.The True Confidence was sailing from China to Jeddah and Aqaba with a cargo of steel products and trucks.The vessel is owned by Liberia-registered True Confidence Shipping SA and operated by Greece-based Third January Maritime. There is no current connection with any US entity, the companies said.(Reuters)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s navy evacuated all 20 crew members from the vessel True Confidence in the Red Sea after a Houthi missile attack, which resulted in the death of three seafarers and severe injuries to two others. The attack occurred approximately 50 nautical miles off Aden, setting the ship ablaze. The deceased included two Filipinos and one Vietnamese. The crew and three armed guards were taken to a hospital in Djibouti. The vessel, flagged by Barbados and operated by a Greek company, is now drifting and arrangements for its salvage are being made. The Houthis have been attacking vessels in the Red Sea since November, citing solidarity with Palestinians. The cost of insuring voyages through the Red Sea has significantly increased since these attacks began. The International Transport Workers\u2019 Federation has called for better protection for seafarers and suggested diverting ships around the Cape of Good Hope until safe transit through the Red Sea can be guaranteed. The True Confidence was transporting steel products and trucks from China to Jeddah and Aqaba.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[589,383,460,486,33,3,145,747,298,210,156,496,700,937,187,146,299,712,466,1053,714,462,701,164,1029,827,124,796,1006,965,380,293,18,685],"class_list":["post-3539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cyprus","tag-africa","tag-attack","tag-bases","tag-china","tag-companies","tag-cyprus","tag-gaza","tag-greece","tag-hamas","tag-health","tag-hospital","tag-houthi","tag-houthis","tag-india","tag-international","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-maritime","tag-missile","tag-missile-attack","tag-navy","tag-palestinians","tag-red-sea","tag-red-sea-attacks","tag-rubymar","tag-security","tag-ship","tag-shipping","tag-trade","tag-trucks","tag-us","tag-war","tag-world","tag-yemen"],"acf":{"keyphrase":"","keywords":"","sourceimg":"","country-category":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ship evacuated after first civilian fatalities in Houthis\u2019 Red Sea attacks<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"stricken vessel. 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