LONDON, March 12 (Reuters) – The Zefyros tanker was hit by an unknown projectile during a ship-to-ship transfer with oil tanker Safesea Vishnu at Iraq’s Umm Qasar anchorage, the vessel’s Greece based manager Benetech Shipping SA said on Thursday.
The incident took place at 2341 local time on March 11.
“All 23 crew members are safe and accounted for. They have been evacuated and were brought to shore,” Benetech Shipping said in a statement, adding the vessel’s condition was being assessed.
(Reporting by Renee Maltezou, editing by Jonathan Saul)
