AMBREY – Red Sea, Houthi Seizure Insight
A Bahamas-flagged, Israeli-linked, vehicles carrier was seized on its voyage to India in the southern Red Sea offshore Hodeida, Yemen. The Yemeni Ansar Allah movement, also known as the Houthis conducted the operation and took control of the vessel by jumping off a helicopter. This was the first time the Houthis have done this. Seizing a merchant vessel via helicopter is an Iranian modus operandi. Israeli statements confirmed the seizure but claimed that the vessel was not Israeli. The crew was multinational, but no Israeli national was reported to be aboard. The vessel was reported to have been diverted to Al-Saleef port, north of Hodeida which is controlled by the Houthis. Ambrey assessed this to be plausible given previous seizures. The targeted vessel's group owner was listed as Ray Car Carriers, who were in turn listed as a subsidiary of Abraham Rami Ungar, a company domiciled in Israel.

All Company Security Officers are advised to check whether their vessels were affiliated with Israel through flag, ownership, or management in the past two years. Those who are either affiliated now, or who were affiliated recently, are advised to conduct a transit risk assessment and to consider ballistic protection measures.

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