The British Maritime Trade Operations Authority announced, on Monday, an explosion near a commercial ship in the Red Sea, off the coast of Yemen.

The authority said - in a statement published on the “X” platform - that it had received a report about an accident 54 nautical miles northwest of Mokha, off the coast of Yemen.

She reported that a security official at a company informed her that an explosion had occurred near a commercial ship, and that the ship and its crew would not be harmed.

Since last November, the Iranian-backed Houthi group has been launching attacks with drones and missiles on cargo ships while sailing in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab, and the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Yemen. It says that it is supporting Gaza, which has been exposed to a devastating Israeli war since the seventh of last October, and these attacks have had a negative impact. On the movement of shipping, trade, and global supply chains.