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A press release by US Treasury has linked many shipping compnies and vessels for supporting houtis by means of oil supply. As per the press release, the network outside Yemen to manage thier maritime operation to evade international scrutiny. Below is experts from the press release.

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The Houthis also maintain networks of front companies and illicit shipping facilitators outside of Yemen to manage their maritime operations and evade international scrutiny.  On June 20, 2025 and April 28, 2025, OFAC identified five vessels and designated their owners for involvement in the discharge of refined petroleum products at Houthi-controlled ports after the expiration of OFAC Counterterrorism General License (GL) 25A.  Additionally, on April 2, 2025, Treasury identified one vessel and designated its owners for money laundering and shipping activities benefiting the Houthis, to include the loading and shipping of stolen wheat from Ukraine to Houthi-controlled territory.  The following vessels and companies facilitated the discharge of oil at Ras Isa and conducted shipping activities on behalf of the Houthis.

United Arab Emirates-based Tyba Ship Management DMCC (Tyba) is owned by Muhammad Al-Sunaydar, a Houthi-linked businessman designated by Treasury on July 22, 2025, who coordinated portions of the management and accounting of Tyba’s vessels with Arkan Mars Petroleum DMCC, a Houthi-affiliated entity that OFAC concurrently designated on July 22, 2025.  Tyba operates the Barbados-flagged STAR MM (IMO 9186625) and Antigua and Barbuda-flagged NOBEL M (IMO 9228784) oil tankers, which discharged oil for Arkan Mars Petroleum DMCC at Houthi-controlled port Ras Isa in late May 2025.  Tyba also operates the Panama-flagged BLACK ROCK (IMO 9196448) and Antigua and Barbuda-flagged SHRIA (IMO 917347) oil tankers.  Al-Sunaydar also owns Marshall Islands-based MT Tevel Incorporated (MT Level Inc) and Star MM Inc.  MT Tevel Inc is the registered owner of the NOBEL M, and Marshall Islands-based Star MM Inc. is the registered owner of the STAR MM and the SHRIA. 

Tyba Ship Management DMCC, MT Tevel Inc., Star MM Inc. are being designated pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, for having materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, the Houthis.  The STAR MM, the NOBEL M, the BLACK ROCK, and the SHRIA are being identified pursuant to E.O. 13224, as amended, as property in which Tyba Ship Management DMCC has an interest.

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