UKMTO reports missiles incident southwest of Aden

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said on Friday it had received a report of two missiles exploding in waters near a ship off Yemen's port of Aden.

The vessel and crew are safe and no damage was been reported, the UKMTO said in an advisory note. It said the vessel is proceeding to its next port of call and coalition forces are responding.

In a separate incident on Friday, the UKMTO said it had received a report of an incident involving a ship 60 nautical miles off the Red Sea port of Al Hudaydah where Houthi militants have been launching attacks on shipping.