The operator of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel boarded by Iranian forces as it was traversing the Strait of Hormuz says it has confirmed the crew is safe but the company is still trying to determine why the ship was seized the previous day by Iran.
The MV Maresk Tigris was en route Wednesday to Bandar Abbas, the main port for Iran’s navy, under escort by Iranian patrol boats, according to Maersk Line, the company that had chartered it. Tehran has not offered any clarification on the incident, which comes at a critical time during Iran’s relations with the United States and the West.
Cor Radings, a spokesman for the ship’s operator, Rickmers Ship Management in Singapore, says the company had been in touch by phone with the crew earlier in the day.
“We have had the confirmation that they are in relatively good condition and safe on board the ship,” he says.
Radings confirms reports that there were no Americans on board, identifying the 24 people crew members as “mainly from Eastern Europe and Asia.”
— AP
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