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...