It is not the famous heavy metal band, but a bulker named Iron Maiden that has successfully made its way out of the Gulf and reached Western Australia after the conflict in the Middle East broke out.
The 36,371 dwt vessel, built in 2014 and sailing under the Marshall Islands flag, was at Jebel Ali when the conflict between the US, Israel and Iran began on 28 February. According to tracking data from Pole Star Global’s PurpleTrac, the bulker transited the Strait of Hormuz on 4 March, six days after the fighting started.
Iron Maiden is owned by Mi-Das Line, a company domiciled in Panama but controlled from Japan, and operated by Cetus Maritime in Shanghai.
After passing through the strait, the vessel crossed the Indian Ocean and later stopped at anchorage in Singapore on 17 and 18 March.
It arrived offshore Western Australia on 24 March and is now bound for the port of Kwinana, according to VesselFinder.
