A cargo ship owned by a Japanese company has escaped an attack by pirates off the coast of Somalia. The ship outran two pirate boats that opened fire on her yesterday. The ship, owned by Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and flagged in the Cayman Islands, came under attack at around 4 p.m. Somali time (UTC +3) as gunfire came from two small pirate boats. The vessel, with a crew of eighteen from the Philippines, suffered light damage to its front and windows were broken. The Jasmine Ace was en-route from Sharjah , United Arab Emirates to Mombasa , Kenya. The 126.75m car carrier had loaded with 377 used cars in Sharjah on March 17.
A cargo ship owned by a Japanese company has escaped an attack by off the coast of Somalia. The ship outran two pirate boats that opened fire on her yesterday. The ship, owned by and flagged in the Cayman Islands, came under attack at around 4 p.m. ( +3) as gunfire came from two small pirate boats. The vessel, with a crew of eighteen from the Philippines, suffered light damage to its front and windows were broken. The Jasmine Ace was en-route from , United Arab Emirates to , Kenya. The 126.75m car carrier had loaded with 377 used cars in Sharjah on March 17.
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