Bahri says no losses, crew injuries from Houthi attack on oil tanker

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia’s (Bahri) on Sunday said its oil tanker (Abqaiq) suffered only minor damages and no crew were injured during the April 3 attack carried out by Houthi militants.

The attack took place in international waters south-west of Al Hudaydah port in Yemen.

The cargo was unaffected and there was no loss of containment, the company said in a statement to the Saudi bourse. The crude carrier successfully resumed its northward journey across the Red Sea after the attack.

Bahri said it is grateful to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen that intervened and ensured that the oil tanker’s journey towards its destination was "safe and uninterrupted".

Last week, Colonel Turki Al Malki, spokesman of the Saudi-led Coalition, called for putting Al Hudaydah port under international surveillance, and control to prevent others from using it as a military base to launch attacks against navigation routes in the region.