German shipping ​company Hapag-Lloyd 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, 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.

(Reporting ​by ‌Louise Rasmussen, ⁠editing by ​Terje Solsvik)