The Marlin Luanda, a 110,000 dwt product tanker, was struck last night by a missile in the Gulf of Aden after transiting the Red Sea.
, a 110,000 dwt product tanker, was struck last night by a missile in the Gulf of Aden after transiting the Red Sea.A significant fire was reported in one cargo tank on the starboard side with nearby US naval assets coming to assist the stricken ship.
The 2018-built ship is managed by a UK company called Oceonix Services, according to shipping database Equasis, and on charter to Trafigura.
Early reports suggest no crewmember was injured in the blast. The Marlin Luanda is the 40th ship to have been targeted by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen over the past three months.
It was laden with a cargo of naphtha when it was struck.
It is how us/uk navy can protect merchant vessels in the area. They cannot protect even themself, because under constant hootie’s attacks. Let’s hope Indian crew was able to abandon vessel with burning naphtha safely.
You are saying false information. Please do not do it any more
This is definitely a terrible precedent. Mariners shouldn’t be worried about bombs or whatnots…we already have pirates to deal with.