MSC says vessel hit by projectiles in Iraq’s Umm Qasr port

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they ⁠had ⁠targeted the MSC Sariska V container ship with a cruise missile. (Reuters/Screengrab)

• Sariska V vessel was struck by two projectiles on Monday but crew unharmed

ROME: MSC, the world’s largest shipping ​group, said on Tuesday its Sariska V vessel was struck by two projectiles while in Iraq’s Umm Qasr port on Monday, adding that all crew ‌members were ‌safe and ​unharmed.
The ‌company ⁠said ​Iran’s Revolutionary ⁠Guard had claimed responsibility. MSC described the incident as an unprovoked attack on a neutral commercial carrier with no affiliation to the ⁠United States or ‌Israel.
“MSC is ‌deeply concerned by ​these unprovoked ‌attacks and the risk ‌they create for its innocent seafarers and essential maritime trade in the region,” the group ‌said in a statement.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they ⁠had ⁠targeted the MSC Sariska V container ship with a cruise missile, according to Iranian state media, describing the strike as retaliation for what Tehran said was an earlier attack on an Iranian ​vessel.