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By Costas Paris

Danish container shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S has suspended five crew members and launched a probe after a blog post by a cadet at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy alleging she was raped by an engineer in 2019 while she was training at sea.

The anonymous cadet, who is now a senior at the academy, wrote she was the only female on the ship and that the alleged incident happened after a heavy drinking session aboard the ship after it had left a port in the Middle East.

"We take this situation seriously and are disturbed by the allegations made in this anonymous posting," Bill Woodhour, chief executive of Maersk Line said in a statement.

The U.S. Maritime Administration, which oversees the academy, said it has informed the Coast Guard Investigative Service, which is also looking into the case.

Write to Costas Paris at costas.paris@wsj.com

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

October 12, 2021 07:19 ET (11:19 GMT)

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