Yesterday, while transiting the Red Sea, the tanker Suezmax Sounion, which is part of the fleet of the Athenian Delta Tankers, suffered an attack attributed to Yemeni Houthi rebels and confirmed by the UK Maritime Trade Organisation (UKMTO) which announced that it had received communication from the oil tanker of an explosion and the subsequent impact of a bullet.

The Greek Minister for Maritime Activities and Maritime Affairs. Island policy, Christos Stylianides, confirmed the attack to the ship, under the Greek flag and with a crew of 25 seafarers from foreign nationality, which occurred while the Sounion it was located 72 nautical miles west of Hodeidah. Specifying that the attack caused damage to the ship while the crew did not suffered consequences, Stylianides denounced that the attack 'constitutes a flagrant breach of the rule of law and a serious threat to the safety of navigation international competition". In addition, the minister stressed that "these actions endanger the lives of seafarers and disrupt the Free movement of goods through crucial corridors seafarers'.