The hearth on board the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Marlin Luanda is out and all crew are secure.
The state of affairs on board was confirmed by the ship’s operator, commodity buying and selling big Trafigura.
“We’re happy to substantiate that every one crew on board the Marlin Luanda are secure and the fireplace within the cargo tank has been totally extinguished. The vessel is now crusing in the direction of a secure harbour. The crew continues to watch the vessel and cargo carefully,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement.
The British-owned tanker was struck by a Houthi anti-ship ballistic missile on Friday whereas transiting the Gulf of Aden in the direction of Singapore with a cargo of Russian naphtha.
The hearth impacted one of many ship’s cargo tanks on the starboard aspect, Trafigura mentioned. Amazingly, no accidents had been reported.
Pictures shared by the Indian Navy confirmed the fireplace nonetheless burning Saturday morning.
“We wish to recognise the distinctive dedication and bravado of the ship’s grasp and crew who managed to manage the fireplace in extremely troublesome circumstances, in addition to the important help offered by Indian, United States and French Navy vessels to attain this end result,” Trafigura mentioned.
“No additional vessels working on behalf of Trafigura are at the moment transiting the Gulf of Aden and we proceed to evaluate fastidiously the dangers concerned in any voyage, together with in respect of safety and security of the crew, along with shipowners and prospects,” it added.
Since mid-November, the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist group has launched practically three dozen assaults on business vessels utilizing a a wide range of weapons together with anti-ship ballistic missiles, land-attack cruise missiles, uncrewed floor vessels and unmanned floor automobiles.
The incident involving the Marlin Luanda marks essentially the most severe to this point when it comes to injury.
A spokesperson for the Trafigura mentioned the cargo carried by ship was bought beneath the value cap imposed by G7 nations, European Union and Australia.
