Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Cargo ship seized by Iran was in international waters, says operator

The company which operates a cargo ship seized by Iranian forces says the vessel was in international waters when it was stopped.

The MV Maersk Tigris - a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship with 24 crew on board - was on a routine voyage in the Strait of Hormuz.

Cor Radings (pron: COR RAH-dings), a spokesman for the Singapore-based company which operates the ship, says the vessel was forced to a halt.  

IN: "She was...
OUT: …Iranian waters" 
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ALT/ADD: Correspondent Malcolm Brown asked Cor Radings about the last contact they had received from the ship.

IN: "That was…
OUT: …Iranian waters"
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