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Projectile strikes cargo vessel in Hormuz

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An unknown projectile struck a cargo vessel in theStrait of Hormuz on Wednesday, leaving it on fire and adrift and forcing theevacuation of its entire crew, the United Kingdom Maritime TradeOperations (UKMTO) said.

    The company security officer reported two casualties,although UKMTO did not specify whether they were killed or injured.

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    The incident adds to a series of disruptions tocommercial shipping through the strategic waterway, where traffic has fallensharply amid the US-Israeli war with Iran. On Monday, debris from unknownprojectiles hit an outbound LPG tanker, which continued to its next port withits crew unharmed, while a separate inbound ship sustained a strike that lefttwo crew members with minor injuries but remained under its own power.

    Ship-tracking firm Kpler counted 17 commodity vesselstransiting Hormuz over the weekend, compared with 37 a week earlier. Before theUS-Israeli war with Iran began on Feb. 28, around 125 large commercial shipstypically passed through Hormuz each day, including oil tankers, gas carriers,bulk carriers, and container ships. The waterway normally handles roughly 20%of global oil flows.

    US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that US forces hadredirected 110 commercial vessels as of Sept. 21 as part of enforcement of theUS blockade.

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