Salvage Crews Scrap 1st Attempt to Recover Oil Tanker Damaged in Houthi Attack

Salvage teams have given up on an initial effort to recover the oil tanker MV Sounion, which was abandoned after an attack by Houthi rebel forces in Yemen. Houthi forces boarded the Greek-flagged oil tanker and set off explosives aboard the vessel on Aug. 21, forcing the crew to abandon ship and setting off concerns about a potentially massive oil spill in the Red Sea. A European Union coalition of naval forces, known as Operation Aspides, had partnered with private salvage crews in an initial effort to remove the damaged Sounion from the Red Sea. Now, the organizers of the recovery effort are considering a different approach....