Cairo: Following Friday’s fire on two containers on the foredeck of the Maersk Kampala to the south of the Suez Canal, another ship, the Cosco Asia has been the target of terrorists determined to disrupt traffic on one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. The Chinese containership was targeted on Saturday, the head of the Suez Canal Authority Mohab Memish said.
"One of the terrorist elements has carried out a failed attempt to affect the movement of ships in the Suez Canal by targeting one of the passing ships, Cosco Asia," Memish said in a statement.
"The attempt failed completely and there was no damage to the ship or the containers it carried. The situation was dealt with strictly by the armed forces," he said, adding that the traffic of ships is moving normally. [01/09/13]
