Oil Tanker Reports Two New Attacks Off Yemen

The British Maritime Trade Operations Authority said that a crude oil tanker called / Delta Blue / reported that it was subjected to four attacks during the past twenty-four hours off the Yemeni port of Mokha. The Authority stated in a note: "The ship and its crew are fine and are heading towards the next port of call." It added: "One of the last two attacks was by a drone boat and the other by a missile that fell near the ship." The ship's captain reported yesterday, Thursday, that two small boats fired a rocket-propelled grenade that exploded near the Liberian-flagged tanker, about 45 nautical miles south of the port of Mokha. The Authority said that each boat had four people on board. It stated that another missile exploded hours later near the tanker. Source: National Iraqi News Agency