Oil tanker incident
Marlin Luanda
26 January 2024
Gulf of Aden
What happened
A missile ignited a major cargo-tank fire. The crew and responding naval vessels extinguished it; no casualties were reported and the ship remained seaworthy.
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- Vessel / facility
- Oil-products tanker
- Cargo
- Russian-origin naphtha
- Attack
- Anti-ship ballistic missile
- Latitude
- 12.3500°
- Longitude
- 44.9200°
Attribution
Attributed to Yemen’s Houthis
The incident and the actor assessment are separately sourced below.
Approximate marker in the Gulf of Aden.