Turkish owner Ince Shipping has confirmed that a bulker damaged by an explosion off Yemen was hit by a missile.

The Deniz Haber website published a statement by the company saying the 52,000-dwt Ince Inedolu (built 2002) had been bringing in 50,000 tonnes of Russian wheat from Novorrossiyk to Saleef when it was hit on 10 May, 70 miles offshore.