Grenades were launched at a K Line-owned boxship which managed to evade hijacking by pirates in the Indian Ocean on Friday.



Other weapons were also used in the failed attempt to seize the 4,738-teu Vancouver Bridge (built 2005) up to 600 miles east of the Yemeni island of Socotra, TradeWinds has learned.

Around fifteen pirates in three skiffs set upon the Panama-flagged containership near 04:00 UTC, informed sources said.



Rocket-propelled