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Cargo ship that left Port of NY and NJ attacked in Persian Gulf
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Shipping disruptions could be coming to the ports of New York and New Jersey amid the Iran war and attacks around the Strait of Hormuz.
One container ship that called on the Port of New York and New Jersey in January, One Majesty, sailing under the flag of Japan, was attacked in the Persian Gulf last week.
“Thankfully nobody on board was injured and that ship is now underway again,” said Bethann Rooney, port director for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. “There was a relatively small — centimeters — hit from a drone launched device.”
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The cargo ship left the United Arab Emirates on March 13 and is headed next to Mundra, India, according to the website Vesser Finder.
Rooney said so far there’s been very little impact to New York and New Jersey’s facilities, but some ships are being rerouted.
“We have just two services that do call ports in that area and they’ve obviously been diverted from that space,” Rooney said.
“Any ships that were going through the Red Sea are no longer doing that,” Rooney said. “We’re back to doing the circle around the Cape of Good Hope, adding about two weeks of travel time to the overall voyage.”
In 2023, ships bound for New York and New Jersey rerouted around the Cape of Good Hope after the Suez Canal was attacked by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, who supported Hamas amid the Israel-Gaza war.