GLNG: QatarEnergy pauses sending LNG vessels via the Red Sea amid Houthi attacks

QatarEnergy will pause sending LNG tankers through the Red Sea amid growing security concerns as Yemen’s Iran-back Houthi militia ramps up attacks in the busy shipping lane in support of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas’ war with Israel, a senior source told Reuters on January 15.

The news comes after four vessels carrying the super-chilled gas from Qatar stopped off the coast of Oman a day earlier after US and British forces carried out sea strikes and air attacks on Houthi targets located in Yemen.

With the US-led Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) warning all merchant ships to not enter the Bab al-Mandab Strait in the southern portion of the Red Sea for several days, QatarEnergy halted the Al Ghariya, Al Huwaila, and Al Nuaman off the coast of Oman.

Meanwhile, another vessel, the Al Rekayyat, which was returning to Qatar, also discontinued its journey on route.