The 3,200=TEU Source Blessing was hit by an unknown projectile about 35 miles north of Jebel Ali early on March, 12 reported the UK's Seatrade Maritime News. .

All crew are safe. Maritime security firm Vanguard said the vessel was struck at 2:20am local time. The Source Blessing is registered to Well Wonder 1 Ltd in Fujian, according to Equasis. It is chartered to Hapag-Lloyd, which has sublet the ship to alliance partner Maersk.

The vessel is deployed on Maersk's M04 shuttle service in the Gulf. A small fire was reported on board, but damage assessment could not be completed in the dark. The ship is now anchored in the north western Gulf. It had been bound for Sohar in Oman before the war began.

Built in 2003 in Taiwan, the Liberian flagged vessel was first operated by Lykes Lines as the Lykes Flyer. It later sailed as Washington Express under Hapag-Lloyd before being renamed Source Blessing.