Tanker

Torm-owned tanker fired on by Houthis in Gulf of Aden

Houthi militia fired on the US-flagged product tanker Torm Thor, operated by Seabulk Tankers. The ship was not hit.
The tanker Torm Thor is owned by the Danish shipping company Torm, but sails under the US flag and has a US crew on board. | Photo: Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix
The tanker Torm Thor is owned by the Danish shipping company Torm, but sails under the US flag and has a US crew on board. | Photo: Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix
by KIM WIESENER

A Danish-owned but US-operated tanker has come under missile fire from the militant Houthi movement in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Yemen.

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