Yemen Monitor / Reuters:
Liberia announced on Tuesday that two crew members were killed and two others injured following a Houthi attack on the cargo vessel MV Eternity C on Monday evening off Yemen’s western coast. It is one of the most serious maritime attacks in the Red Sea in recent months.
During a meeting of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the Liberian delegation confirmed that the ship—flying the Liberian flag and operated by a Greek company—was targeted by drones and fast boats about 50 nautical miles southwest of Al-Hudaydah port.
According to Cosmoship Management, the ship’s operator, and maritime security sources, the attack caused the vessel to tilt, endangering its 22-member crew, which included 21 Filipinos and one Russian.
Liberia’s delegate expressed deep sorrow over the deaths of the two sailors, noting that the tragedy occurred just hours after the Houthis claimed responsibility for another attack on the Magic Seas, also a Liberia-flagged Greek-operated ship, which they claimed had sunk following the assault.
An official from the EU-led Operation Aspides stated that this was the second attack on commercial vessels in the region since November 2024, but the first to result in fatalities since June of that year, raising the Red Sea death toll to six seafarers.
Just hours before the Eternity C attack, the Houthis had declared responsibility for the strike on the Magic Seas, which they said went down off Yemen’s southwestern coast on Sunday.
This latest attack came after a months-long pause in Houthi operations targeting commercial ships they allege are linked to Israel in the strategically critical waterway.
Initial reports suggest the assault on Eternity C involved rocket-propelled grenades fired from manned boats, alongside suicidal drones, marking a dangerous escalation and a renewed threat to global maritime trade in one of the world’s most vital shipping lanes.
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