Container ship holed in strike south of Iran

Another container ship has been targeted in the Arabian Gulf and damaged above the water line

A container vessel is reported to have suffered damage after it was struck by an unknown projectile.According to the UKMTO the container ship located 25 nm south of Kish Island in the Gulf was hit by an unknown projectile that caused damaged above the waterline. 

All the vessel’s crew were reported to be safe and accounted for and there was no environmental impact as result of the strike.It is latest attack reported on a box ship in the region. On 5 April a container ship at berth in Khor Fakken in the UAE reported a near miss from multiple unknown projectiles that hit the water in close proximity to the vessel.

Also 5 April Iran’s Islamic Republican Guard Corp’s (IRGC) claimed to struck a container vessel King D’ao Star at Jebel Ali Port. It’s believed they were referring to the Marshall Islands-flagged vessel Qingdao Star, and there has been independent verification of the attack.

On 4 April Iran claimed to have struck the container ship MSC Ishyka in the Strait of Hormuz resulting in a fire on the vessel. However, there has been no independent verification of this attack and tracking data from Pole Star Global showed the Liberian-flagged MSC Ishyka III (the vessel with the closest name to that claimed in the Iranian attack) to be alongside in ASRY shipyard in Bahrain based on the last reported position on 3 April.