A salvage crew climbing up a fire-ravaged ship lined with barbed wire. A French naval vessel fighting off combat drones. And seafarers navigating through the looming risks of encountering Somali pirates.
These are scenes from a perilous mission that began soon after missiles fired by Houthi militants slammed into a 50,000-ton cargo ship on March 6.
The journey of the True Confidence as it was attempting to sail through the Gulf of Aden ¡ª pieced together by Bloomberg News from interviews, photographs, official statements and ship-tracking data ¡ª offers a look at a deadly new era for the international shipping industry.
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