According to the British **, in recent days, the British side has decided to prepare to send aircraft carriers to the Red Sea to counter drone and missile attacks by the Houthis in Yemen. Obviously, the reason why Britain is even preparing to dispatch aircraft carriers this time has a lot to do with the bombing of the British 100,000-ton oil tanker Marin Luanda not long ago.
According to the global network, on the 26th, the Houthi attack on Western cargo ships succeeded again, and a British oil tanker "Marin Luanda" was hit by a Houthi missile 60 nautical miles southeast of the Gulf of Aden, triggering a starboard **.
The Marin Rwanda's cargo tanks were filled with naphtha, which would have been ignited by the spread of the fire, and the ship's firefighting equipment could not do anything about such a fire.
Thanks to the joint efforts of the American Carney and the French frigate Alsace to contain the fire, the crew of the tanker abandoned ship and boarded the lifeboat to rescue the entire crew of 23 on board the destroyer Visapakatnam.
The oil tanker Marlin Luanda was built in 2018 and is owned by Trafigura Beheer, one of the world's largest metals and oil companies.
According to Trafigura, the Marin Luanda was loaded with oil from Russia and was purchased in accordance with G7 sanctions. Russian naphtha is mainly used in the production of chemical products such as plastics, paints and fibers.
trafigura says the liquid originates from russia and was bought "in line with g7 sanctions".
The "Marin Luanda" fire burned for a whole day, causing great damage to the ship; However, Trafigura said the fire on the tanker had been extinguished on Jan. 27 and the tanker was heading to safety as it was further assessing the safety risks of sailing in the Red Sea.
Founded in 1993, Trafigura Beheer is the world's second largest independent non-ferrous metal concentrate company and the world's third largest independent oil company. Trafigura employs more than 4,000 people in 67 offices around the world, with seven branches and offices in China, located in Shanghai, Beijing, Ningbo, Kunming, Taicang, Guangzhou and Fangchenggang.
Energy markets are extremely sensitive to such contingencies, and instability in any region can lead to fluctuations in oil prices, which in turn can affect the global economy. The Red Sea region, as an important waterway connecting Asia and Europe, has a direct impact on the flow of international energy.
So this attack will have a profound impact on the international energy market. News of the tanker's attack spread quickly, causing Brent*** to move higher, with the latest data from the US Commodity Exchange Commission (CFTC) showing that the bullish sentiment of the WTI has hit a new 11-week high.
According to the data of the **chain of ship capacity", the impact of this attack is second only to the blockage of the Suez Canal in March 2021, and the impact and damage to the global market **chain has exceeded the new crown pandemic.
If this situation continues, not only will international energy** be affected, but the cost of maritime transportation will also be significant**.