"Containerships are being dragged into the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz after the US seized one and the Iranians fired on another –barely a day after claims from Tehran that the waterway was again “completely open”.
Marking the first interception of a vessel since imposing a blockade last Monday, US Central Command confirmed on X that US marines had successfully rappelled from a helicopter onto the 5,000 teu Iran-flagged Touska before seizing it, posting a video of the assault.
While Donald Trump responded to the seizure by claiming the US Navy had “stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in their engine room”, the Iran military described the act as “armed maritime piracy”, labelling the US the “leader of sea pirates”.
Destine Ozuygur, senior market analyst at Xeneta, told The Loadstar that despite the vessel being Iran-flagged, it was operating on the only direct service between China and Iran and was “fairly critical to their [China’s] container trade”." Read the original story at: The Loadstar.
Source: The Loadstar