A fire has been reported on a container ship operated by Hapag-Lloyd after a missile attack in the Red Sea on Friday. The Liberian-flagged 14,993 TEU container ship Al Jasrah was hit by a projectile fired from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen on Friday, news agency AP reported, citing comments from a US defence official and a private intelligence firm.
The attack caused a container to fall off the side of the vessel, and a fire broke out on deck. No casualties have yet been reported from the incident. The boxship was hit by a projectile fired from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen.
Commercial shipping in the Red Sea has increasingly come under attack in recent weeks in a response to the worsening conflict in Gaza.