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Central Command said US, French and Indian navy ships responded to the incident, adding that the Marlin Luanda had a crew comprising 22 Indian and one Bangladeshi members. The response to the fire averted “a disaster that threatened lives and the seaworthiness of the ship and risked major environmental damage”, it added. The attack on the Marlin Luanda will raise fresh questions about whether oil tankers will continue to transit the Red Sea. Since joint US and UK airstrikes on the Houthis earlier this month, tanker traffic in the region has declined but some oil exporters, including Saudi Arabia, continue...