CSAV Tyndall suffers fire in Indian Ocean — attack suspected
Israel suspects Iran is behind incident involving former Zodiac Maritime vessel.
Iran has been blamed by Israel for a suspected attack on a containership formerly owned by Eyal Ofer’s Zodiac Maritime.
Fire broke out aboard the 8,704-teu, 2014-built vessel on Saturday in the northern Indian Ocean, Middle Eastern media reported.
The ship was en route from Jeddah in Saudi Arabia to Jebel Ali in the UAE. There were no injuries reported and the vessel suffered minor damage.
Initial media reports suggested the vessel was owned by Zodiac Maritime, but the company said in a statement: “We can confirm that the vessel CSAV Tyndall is not owned or operated by Zodiac Maritime, which is a UK ship management company.”
