Yemen Archives - Baird Maritime

July 27, 2020

COLUMN | The Eastern Mediterranean: a sea of troubles [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on July 27, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Offshore Drilling & Extraction, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

Hamlet famously asked, “Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles”. ..

February 26, 2020

Arab Military Coalition destroys explosives-laden boat in Red Sea

Written by Baird Maritime on February 26, 2020. Posted in Ships (Naval).

The Saudi-led Arab Military Coalition fighting in Yemen has confirmed that its naval forces successfully destroyed a boat laden with explosives in the southern Red Sea on ..

February 7, 2020

Three killed after Egyptian fishing boat hits mine in Red Sea

Written by Baird Maritime on February 7, 2020. Posted in Fishing Boat World, Search and Rescue, Ships (Naval).

Three Egyptian fishermen were killed after their vessel struck a naval mine in the southern Red Sea on Wednesday, February 5. The incident occurred at around 02:00 local ..

May 20, 2020

Tanker damaged in failed pirate attack off Yemen

Written by Baird Maritime on May 20, 2020. Posted in Piracy, Tanker World.

Crewmembers and security personnel embarked on a commercial tanker were able to successfully prevent pirates from boarding their vessel off the coast of Yemen on Sunday, ..

February 14, 2020

US Navy cruiser seizes vessel carrying illegal weapons in Arabian Sea

Written by Baird Maritime on February 14, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Ships (Naval).

On Sunday, February 9, the crew of the US Navy Ticonderoga-class cruiser USS Normandy, while conducting maritime security operations in the US Central Command (CENTCOM) ..

December 10, 2019

US warship seizes Yemen-bound vessel carrying weapons, missile parts from Iran

Written by Baird Maritime on December 10, 2019. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Maritime Security, Ships (Naval).

The US State Department has confirmed that a vessel en route to Yemen with a cargo of weapons and missile parts believed to be intended for the country’s Houthi ..

May 14, 2020

COLUMN | Saudi Arabia abolishes flogging: Saudi Aramco feels pain too [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on May 14, 2020. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Offshore World, Work Boat World Features.

At the end of last month, Saudi Arabia abolished flogging as a punishment, welcome news to adulterers in Riyadh and Jeddah’s cyber-criminals. However, the kingdom has ..

February 14, 2020

Probe finds no evidence Arab Military Coalition behind 2018 attack on Yemeni fishing boat

Written by Baird Maritime on February 14, 2020. Posted in Ships (Naval), Trawling World.

The Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT) of the Saudi-led Arab Military Coalition has said that it found no evidence that coalition warships had opened fire on a Yemeni ..

September 17, 2019

COLUMN | What do the Saudi Arabian drone attacks mean for the offshore industry? [Offshore Accounts]

Written by Hieronymus Bosch on September 17, 2019. Posted in Commercial Mariner - Featured, Commercial Mariner - Offshore, Commercial Mariner - Ships & Ports, Offshore World, Ship World Features, Tanker World, Work Boat World Features.

Monday opened with the most significant spike in the oil price since Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in 1990, with Brent crude shooting up 20 per cent to over US$70 per ..