A large, Greek-managed bulker was towed to safety in Oman last week after being immobilised in a high piracy area in the Gulf of Aden.
The incident began on 4 June, when fire broke out in the engine room of the 114,000-dwt post-panamax Maran Ocean (built 2011), the vessel’s salvors Tsavliris Salvage said in a post on its website.
The ship was sailing 200 miles east of Djibouti at the time, laden with 108,500 tonnes of iron ore.
