Saudi entity denies its ship hit as Houthis claim attack on Greek tanker
Saudi Arabia's national shipping company Bahri denied reports that its tanker Amjad came under attack by the Houthis, the Yemeni armed group that has stepped up attacks on oil tankers in the Red Sea.
DUBAI — A Saudi national shipping company denied on Tuesday that one of its tankers came under attack by the Houthis, hours after the militant group took responsibility for an attack on a Greek-owned tanker in the Red Sea.
Amjad, an oil tanker operated by Saudi national shipping company Bahri, came under attack on Monday, maritime sources told Al-Monitor. US Central Command also confirmed that Amjad came under attack in a statement on Monday.
“On the morning of Sep. 2, the Iranian-backed Houthis attacked two crude oil tankers, the Panama flagged/owned, Greek operated MV BLUE LAGOON I and the Saudi flagged, owned, and operated MV AMJAD, with two ballistic missiles and a one-way attack uncrewed aerial system, hitting both vessels,” US Centcom said on the social media platform X.
However, Bahri said in a statement on Tuesday that its vessel was not attacked in the Red Sea. The Saudi company did not respond to a request for comment on Monday.
