Bulk Carrier Hit by Missile off Aden, With Fire Onboard: Ship’s Owner
The Barbados-flagged True Confidence bulk carrier was hit by a missile on Wednesday 50 nautical miles southwest of Yemen’s Aden, with a fire continuing onboard, the vessel’s owner and operator said.
The companies said no information was currently available about the ship’s 20 crew or its three separate armed security guards onboard.
(Reporting by Jonathan Saul; editing by Kirsten Donovan)
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