British maritime agency Ambrey reports blast near Liberia-flagged tanker off Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port of Yanbu

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  • 01 September, 2025
  • 08:49
British maritime agency Ambrey reports blast near Liberia-flagged tanker off Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port of Yanbu

British maritime security firm Ambrey said on Sunday that a Liberia-flagged Israeli-owned tanker reported an explosion nearby, southwest of Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port city of Yanbu, Report informs via Reuters.   A vessel noted "a splash in close proximity from an unknown projectile and heard a loud bang", the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said, adding that the vessel's crew were all safe and it was continuing to its next voyage.   In a later update, Ambrey said it assessed the vessel to be "aligned with" the targets of Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis' profile given that it was publicly Israeli-owned.