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Despite reports of a safe-passage agreement between the Chinese government and Yemen's Houthi rebels, the militant group has launched multiple ballistic missiles at a tanker owned by a Hong Kong-based holding company, according to U.S. forces. <\/p>\n

In the early hours of Sunday morning, Iranian-backed Houthi militants launched four anti-ship ballistic missiles into the Red Sea near the merchant vessel Huang Pu,<\/em> a Panamanian-flagged, Chinese-owned, Chinese-operated crude oil tanker.<\/p>\n

At 1625 hours local time, a fifth ballistic missile was launched toward the Huang Pu<\/em>. The ship issued a distress call but did not request assistance, Central Command said. Huang Pu <\/em>suffered some minor damage from the fifth and final missile attack, and a fire broke out on board. The crew extinguished it within 30 minutes. No casualties were reported, and the tanker continued on its commercial voyage. <\/p>\n

The U.S. military noted that the Houthis had previously announced that they would not attack Chinese vessels, but later decided to launch missiles at Huang Pu<\/em> anyways.  <\/p>\n

Up until January 2024, Huang Pu<\/em> was named the Anavatos II,<\/em> and its then-owner and shipmanager shared an address in the United Kingdom. It has been widely suggested that Houthi forces have mistakenly identified the vessel as a UK-linked ship – one of the Houthis' preferred nationalities for targeting – because they used outdated information. <\/p>\n

In its Equasis record, Huang Pu<\/em> is currently owned and operated by a new holding company in Hong Kong, Hera Gam Ltd., which has only one vessel. <\/p>\n

U.S. Central Command described the tanker as "Chinese," and multiple media outlets have verified this statement using the Hong Kong address in Huang Pu's<\/em> Equasis record. However, any entity of any nationality may create an anonymous company in Hong Kong, then use it as a listed shipowner of record. The ease and speed of registration make the region a preferred global jurisdiction for shell companies<\/a>, both for Chinese and foreign interests. Without more information, the nationality of the ultimate beneficial owner cannot be verified. <\/p>\n

The Houthi group's military spokesman, Yahya Saree, has not released a statement on the reason for the Huang Pu<\/em> attack. <\/p>\n

On the same morning as the attack on Huang Pu, <\/em>USS Carney <\/em>engaged six Houthi drones over the Red Sea, shooting down five. The surviving drone flew back to safety in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. Central Command assessed that the drones posed an imminent threat to U.S. forces and merchant shipping. <\/p>\n


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