The Sounion was abandoned by its crew on Thursday after repeated attacks by the Houthis, who boarded the abandoned vessel and rigged it with explosives in an attempt to sink it.
The Iran -backed Houthi rebels have released a video allegedly showing an explosion on a Red Sea tanker carrying 136,000 tonnes of crude oil.
The Sounion remains ablaze and appears to be adrift but hasn't sprung a major oil leak in the waterway, the EU's Operation Aspides, whose mission is to protect shipping in the area, said on Monday. 'So far there are no obvious signs of an oil spill,' the EU mission said. The Sounion 'is both a navigational and an imminent environmental hazard.
'Through these attacks, the Houthis have made clear they are willing to destroy the fishing industry and regional ecosystems that Yemenis and other communities in the region rely on for their livelihoods, just as they have undermined the delivery of vital humanitarian aid to the region through their reckless attacks.'
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