{"id":56854,"date":"2026-10-15T09:29:30","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T03:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=56854"},"modified":"2026-10-15T09:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T03:44:30","slug":"two-ships-sink-near-hormuz-after-being-hit-by-projectiles-amid-surge-in-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/two-ships-sink-near-hormuz-after-being-hit-by-projectiles-amid-surge-in-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Two ships sink near Hormuz after being hit by projectiles amid surge in attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reuters<\/strong> :\u00a0 A \u200bcontainer ship and a dry bulk carrier have both sunk near the Strait of Hormuz in the past \u200c24 hours after being hit by projectiles in separate incidents, maritime officials said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Attacks around the waterway have surged over the past 10 days, with Iran saying it is stepping up strikes in response to the US blockade of its ports and tougher sanctions introduced last month.
\nThe Singapore-flagged GFS Pride, \u200ba small container vessel with a capacity of 2,824 20-foot equivalent units (TEU), sank while sailing through the strait, according to \u200bmaritime security sources.<\/p>\n

“GFS PRIDE sustained damage and a fire on board, and has since sunk. All \u206021 crew members were safely evacuated. No injuries have been reported,” the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said in a \u200bstatement on Wednesday, adding that the vessel had been sailing through the strait on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

In a separate incident, the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged \u200bCape Dao sank close to the strait, weeks after being struck by a projectile on September 23, data from UN shipping agency the International Maritime Organization showed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

One crew member was killed, the rest of the crew evacuated straight after the strike, maritime sources said.Its UAE-based manager Peonies Shipmanagement \u200bFZE could not be immediately reached for comment.<\/p>\n

The GFS Pride and Cape Dao are the second and third vessels to have \u200bsunk since the US-Iran war began on February 28, according to an analysis of IMO casualty data.<\/p>\n

“MPA is deeply concerned about the continued attacks on \u200ccommercial shipping \u2060in the Strait of Hormuz,” the Singapore authority said.<\/p>\n

“Such attacks are unprovoked, unjustifiable, and a breach of international law.”
\nGFS Pride’s United Arab Emirates-based manager, GFS Ship Management FZE, could not be immediately reached for comment.<\/p>\n

“The latest incidents reinforce the continuing threat to commercial shipping transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” maritime risk management company MARISKS said on Wednesday. “The threat is not confined to tankers, with container vessels \u200band bulk carriers also sustaining \u200bserious damage.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reuters :\u00a0 A \u200bcontainer ship and a dry bulk carrier have both sunk near the Strait of Hormuz in the past \u200c24 hours after being hit by projectiles in separate incidents, maritime officials said on Wednesday. Attacks around the waterway have surged over the past 10 days, with Iran saying it is stepping up strikes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56855,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56856,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56854\/revisions\/56856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}