MSC vessel receives bomb threat during Christmas for second year in a row

Almost exactly one year ago, a similar incident happened on another ship. Now, Belgian police are investigating whether the threat is linked to drug traffickers.
Archive photo, MSC containers. The containers pictured are not related to the bomb threat or potential drug smugglers. | Photo: Yves Herman/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Archive photo, MSC containers. The containers pictured are not related to the bomb threat or potential drug smugglers. | Photo: Yves Herman/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix

The port authorities in the Belgian city of Antwerp received a bomb threat against a container ship on its way to the major European port on Monday evening, Flemish media Flanders News reports.

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