A tanker linked to an Israel-affiliated company has been boarded off the coast of Yemen, the maritime security firm Ambrey said following a series of incidents on the same shipping route, AFP reports.

Ambrey said that “US naval forces are engaged in the situation” after the incident involving the Central Park vessel owned and managed by a UK-based, Israel-linked company.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels had previously threatened to attack the tanker if it did not divert to the port of Hodeida, it said.