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South Korean shipper HMM said on Wednesday it had secured a vessel to tow a bulk carrier it operates to a port in Dubai after an explosion and fire damaged the ship, which had been stranded in the Strait of Hormuz.
U.S. President Donald Trump blamed the incident on an Iranian attack, while South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said the cause of the fire would only be confirmed after the vessel was towed back to port and inspected.
HMM said in a text message that the damaged vessel was expected to arrive in Dubai on Thursday night or Friday morning Seoul time.
The Panama-flagged ship, named HMM Namu, suffered an explosion and caught fire on Monday evening. The fire was later extinguished, with no casualties and all 24 crew members remaining on board, according to the company.
In a post on social media, Trump said Iran fired shots at a Korean-operated ship and other targets as the U.S. launched its operation to open the strait. He urged South Korea to join the effort. In normal times, about a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas passes through the waterway.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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