the ship , owned by chuo o . s . p . lines and flagged in the cayman islands , came under attack at about 4 a . m . somali utc ( utc + 3 ) as gunfire came from two short priate boats . the vessel , with a crew of nineteen from the philippines , suffered some repairs to its deck and ribs were broken . the jasmine operation was en - route from sharjah , united arab emirates to mombasa , kenya . the 126 . 75m car she had loaded with 377 used cars in sharjah on march 17 .
Mitsui O.S.K is the owner of the Cayman Islands.