Shocking footage shows Houthi missile impact on Greek bulker VIDEO

20 January 2024 16:07

For the second time in the span of just a few days, rare and dramatic images emerge depicting the nature and impact of Houthi missile and drone attacks against commercial vessels sailing off Yemen.

Late on January 19, Greek television station Skai aired a 16-second video taken from the bridge camera of the 56,900 dwt Zografia (built in 2010) at exactly the moment the bulker was hit.

The incoming missile is clearly visible when freezing the video from Skai TV in its fourth second.

As TradeWinds already reported, the missile caused no injuries or serious damage and the Greek-owned ship continued its journey.

The Zografia footage emerged just one day after the Indian Navy released rare images of a Houthi drone impact on another bulker recently attacked in the region — the US-owned, 55,300-dwt Genco Picardy (built in 2005).

Both the Zografia and the Genco Picardy were attacked twice in the span of just a few hours.

In the case of the Zografia, the first attack happened early on 16 January, when a small craft approached the Vulkanus Technical Maritime-owned ship about 44 miles (81 kilometres) northwest of Mocha, Yemen.

The craft abandoned the approach following evasive manoeuvres by the vessel amid warning shots fired by its armed guards.

The Houthis, however, reverted later in the day by firing a missile at the ship as it was sailing further north, about 76 miles north-west of al-Saleef, Yemen.

The Genco Picardy was attacked first by a drone that hit it on its port side at about 20:30 local time (17:30 GMT) on January 16.

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