Freighter was hit by Houthi rocket last week and has been filling up with water ever since. The owner of the ship, the British shipping company Bluet Fleet Group, told Sky News that the US Navy had offered to tow the ship.
The Iran-backed Houthi militia has been regularly attacking ships in the Red Sea since the war between Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas began in October. Many shipping companies are now avoiding the important maritime trade route, through which twelve percent of global maritime trade is normally carried out.