Indian bulk vessel APJ Priti 2 carrying 65,000 MT fertiliser crosses Strait of Hormuz safely

The transit came hours after a tanker carrying Qatari oil was struck within the strait — the second attack on a merchant ship this week — prompting naval authorities to raise the regional threat level to “substantial.” The UK Maritime Trade Operations centre said the vessel sustained bridge damage from an unidentified projectile; the crew were safe and there was no environmental damage. The Joint Maritime Information Centre (JMIC), which liaises between navies and merchant shipping, issued the elevated threat assessment after Thursday’s strike on the container ship Ever Lovely had prompted the US to retaliate against Iran, with Tehran…