Red Sea Ship Explosion Blamed On Dangerous Goods

This week, a fire broke out on the containership ASL Bauhinia in the Red Sea following an explosion onboard, which has not been attributed to Houthi Rebels.

The vessel's crew had to abandon the Hong Kong flagged ship, when the blaze spiralled out of control, and have all been rescued safely.

Immediately following the explosion, suspicions pointed towards the terrorist group largely due to the vessel's position at the time. The 2,000 teu containership had been traversing the Red Sea and was 140 miles south of the Houthi-controlled port city of Hodeida in Yemen.

Houthis announced this month that they would be limiting attacks to just Israel-linked ships while the Gaza ceasefire is in place. However, liner databases suggest that Israeli owned carrier ZIM had partially operated the vessel up until September, according to The Loadstar.

Nethertheless, while investigations are continuing, the explosion has been blamed on unspecified dangerous goods by maritime security sources. Despite the circumstances, it is very plausible that dangerous goods may have caused the ship fire, following multiple examples in the past couple of years.

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