Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Tuesday they carried out a military operation against the Norwegian commercial tanker STRINDA in its latest operation to protest against Israel's bombardment of Gaza.

The chemical tanker is Norway flagged, and its Norwegian owner, Mowinckel Chemical Tankers, and manager Hansa Tankers could not be immediately reached for comment outside office hours.

The STRINDA had loaded vegetable oil and biofuels in Malaysia and was headed for Venice, Italy, data from shiptracking firm Kpler showed.

  • DdCno1@beehaw.org
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    11 months ago

    So now it’s just random acts of piracy against ships that are neither owned by any Israeli firms nor bound for Israel.

    I can’t see this ending well for Iran. The last time they tried similar shenanigans, half of their navy ended up on the ocean floor.