The suspicious activity warning relates to an incident
reported at 0310 hours on September 04, 178 nm northwest of Yemen’s Al
Hudaydah.
The location falls well within the operational range of
Yemen’s Houthis, a group whose attacks on merchant vessels has led many vessels
to avoid transiting the Red Sea entirely.
After a period of relative calm in the area since the end of
2024, the Houthis began attacking ships in the area again in early July 2025,
striking and sinking two vessels in the space of two days.
In the past week, the Houthis have claimed two more
successful attacks on merchant ships, but both vessels have continued on their
way; one ship reported the attack as having missed.
Electronic interference is not commonly reported in the Red
Sea, but has regularly been reported on the other side of the Arabian Peninsula
around the Strait of Hormuz.
Disruption to navigation systems such as GPS and AIS
including spoofing and jamming lasted for multiple days in June as tensions
boiled over between Iran and Israel.
Courtesy: Seatrade Maritime News
