Projectile fragments hit Hapag-Lloyd container vessel near Strait of Hormuz

COPENHAGEN, March 12 (Reuters) - German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd HLAG.DE said projectile fragments have hit the Liberia-flagged container vessel 'Source Blessing' near the Strait of Hormuz.

Hapag-Lloyd said in an emailed statement that the ship, which it has time-chartered to Danish shipping group Maersk MAERSKb.CO, was not directly hit but had caught fire.

All crew members are well and they have extinguished the fire on the vessel, Hapag-Lloyd said.