Million-Barrel Tanker on Fire off Yemen After Grenade Attack
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A tanker carrying about 1 million barrels of fuel oil is on fire off the Yemeni coast after pirates used a rocket-propelled grenade to attack the ship in a maritime corridor handling about 20 percent of world trade.
The 274-meter (900-foot) Brillante Virtuoso was going to China from Ukraine, said Andreas Louka, legal adviser to Suez Fortune Investment Ltd., the owner. A rocket-propelled grenade probably caused a fire in the ship’s accommodation block, Central Mare Inc., the vessel’s manager, said in a later statement distributed by MTI Network.