VOL. XXXI
NO. 14
11-JANUARY-1988
GULF SHIPPING
Respite in Shipping War
For no particularly obvious reason, the Gulf shipping war has gone intoabrupt remission, with only one attack - on the 26,260 dwt Maltese-flag bulkcarrier Alga - in the last 10 days. The Alga was hit by a missile on 1 Januaryin the northern Gulf near Farsi island while carrying a cargo of urea loaded atKuwait. The location of the attack led to initial reports that it was carriedout by Iranian speedboats, but it subsequently...
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