The Port of Hodeidah in western Yemen in areas controlled by the Houthi militants resumed operations late on July 23, 2024, after the Israeli strikes on July 20. Several military targets were hit in the port city. The strike was in retaliation for hundreds of attacks carried out against the state of Israel in recent months. Oil storage facilities havebeen hit, as well as a power plant. The Ministry of Health said that 80 people were wounded in a preliminary toll of the strikes, most of them with severe burns. Other health officials said the strikes killed a number of people and wounded others, but didn't elaborate. Reports indicated significant damage in parts of the port while Houthi officials insisted that the port is now operating normally. Two ships arrived at the port. Both vessels were coming from Djibouti. Records indicated the 'Brother 1' and 'Marsa Zenith' are each managed by companies based in Dubai.At least three of the port’s cranes were damaged and not operational. Five port cranes were reported to be operating. There are also unconfirmed reports of damage to the port’s warehouses.
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MEIN SCHIFF 4
On July 23, themedevac of a crew member was carried out from the 'Mein Schiff 4', en route from Alesund to Bremerhaven, the destination port of the eleven-day North Cape cruise. A helicopter for the emergency disembarkation on the North Sea was deployed from Stavanger. After hoisting the patient at around 11:30 a.m., the helicopter flew back to Norway. On the morning of July 23, the 'Mein Schiff 4' arrived back in Bremerhaven.
OVERSEAS SANTORINI
Collectives, associations, unions and political parties from all over Andalusia met on July 23, 2024, to organize actions in the Port of Algeciras to reject the possible docking of the 'Overseas Santorini'. The tanker had sailed from Corpus Christi (Texas), bound for the port of Ashkelon, transporting 300,000 barrels of military fuel for F-16 and F-35 aircraft of the Israeli air force and is scheduled to stop in Algeciras next July 30. The group of activists and organized people, in collaboration with the Solidarity Network Against the Occupation of Palestine (RESCOP), echoed the 'No port for genocide' campaign launched by the Progressive International, Disrupt Power, the Palestinian Institute for Public Diplomacy, Valero outside Corpus and the Arab Group for the Protection of Nature. The campaign calls on Mediterranean port cities to refuse to allow these tankers to dock at their facilities.
NL WARSHIP F803
The Zr.Ms. 'Tromp' was involved in sinking the amphibious assault ship USS 'Tawara' on July 19, 2024, near Hawaii with a missile attack. during the world's largest naval exercise Rim of the Pacific (Rimpac). The launch of the Harpoon rocket was the highlight of the training for the crew. It was a learning experience to apply all the procedures and use the ship's systems for their intended purpose. Medium-range Harpoon anti-ship missiles are fired from 8 angled launch tubes on the midship. It was the first time that a Dutch naval vessel was participating in Rimpac. The 'Tarawa' was one of the largest vessels that U.S. and partner forces have sunk in nearly two decades, a 3rd Fleet news release says. The last time a ship of its class was sunk as part of a military exercise was in 2006, when the former amphibious assault ship 'Belleau Wood' was sent to the bottom during that year’s RIMPAC. One of the munitions used to sink the 'Tarawa' was the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), which was fired from a Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet. Sinking the 'Tarawa' also allowed the Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS 'Sydney' to test the Naval Strike Missile, which the Australians are buying to replace its Harpoon missiles. The 'Tarawa' was commissioned in 1976 and went on to take part in Operations Desert Shield and Iraq Freedom while also participating in cyclone relief efforts in Bangladesh. The ship was decommissioned in 2009. Ships and aircraft participating in the live-fire exercise also sank the decommissioned amphibious transport dock USS 'Dubuque' on July 11 as part of this year’s RIMPAC. Both ships were sunk in waters 15,000 feet deep more than 50 nautical miles off Kauai. So far this summer, the U.S. military has also sunk the former amphibious transport dock USS 'Cleveland' as part of Valiant Shield 2024, and a Marine AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter sank a towed target using an AGM-179 Air-to-Ground Missile, or JAGM. https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/ships-us/ships-usn-t/uss-tarawa-lha-1.html https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/d/dubuque--lpd-8--ii-1967-2011.html