<p>The war on merchant shipping in the Middle East has taken a worrying geographical turn, with casualties reported aboard a tanker attacked off Qatar, hundreds of miles west of the Strait of Hormuz, while a containership has also come under fire in the Red Sea. The Antigua and Barbuda-flagged oil/chemical tanker Acers (IMO: 9301902) was &#8230;</p> </p><p><p>https://splash247.com/tanker-attack-off-qatar-widens-gulf-shipping-conflict/</p></p>