Smoke rises from the Marlin Luanda, a merchant vessel, after the vessel was struck by a Houthi anti-ship missile in the Gulf of Aden, in this handout picture released on January 27, 2024. The vessel’s Amsterdam-based operator Spliethoff said its Minervagracht was in international waters in the Gulf of Aden when it came under attack from an unidentified explosive device that inflicted substantial damage and started a fire on the ship. In July, the Houthis attacked and sank the Magic Seas bulk carrier and Eternity C cargo ship in the Red Sea. The vessel was previously targeted on September 23 on its way to Djibouti, according to Ambrey. (Reporting by Jonathan Saul, Renee Maltezou, Jaidaa Taha, Menna Alaa ElDin, Tala Ramadan and Lisa Baertlein; Editing by Toby Chopra and Daniel Wallis)