The Marlin Luanda, a 110,000 dwt product tanker, was struck last night by a missile in the Gulf of Aden after transiting the Red Sea. A significant fire was reported in one cargo tank on the starboard side with nearby US naval assets coming to assist the stricken ship. The 2018-built ship is managed by a UK company called Oceonix Services, according to shipping database Equasis, and on charter to Trafigura. Early reports suggest no crewmember was injured in the blast. The Marlin Luanda is the 40th ship to have been targeted by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen over the past three months. It was laden with a cargo of naphtha when it was struck. Fire onboard MV #MarlinLuanda brought under controlBased on request from Master of the MV, the fire fighting team from #INSVisakhapatnam comprising 10 Indian Naval personnel with specialist fire fighting equipment embarked the vessel in early hours of #27Jan 24. After six… https://t.co/d5yxgWI42Y pic.twitter.com/RsLPKOpXTU— SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) January 27, 2024 googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1_95_0_1_2'); });