A tanker was hit off the coast of Oman on Tuesday, sustaining minor harm to the hull with no accidents or spillage of the fuel oil cargo, Israeli-controlled Jap Pacific Transport stated on Wednesday and an Israeli official stated Iran was accountable.
Three maritime sources informed Reuters that a drone was suspected to have attacked the tanker. An Israeli official stated Iran was liable for the assault, utilizing a Shahed-136 drone, the kind it has been supplying to Russia to be used in Ukraine.
Iran’s Nournews, which is affiliated with the nation’s high safety physique, blamed Israel for the assault and stated the “Hebrew-Arab axis” aimed to create a “charged environment” forward of soccer’s World Cup that begins in Qatar on Sunday.
It was an obvious reference to a regional axis shaped when the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain solid ties with Israel in 2020, partly pushed by mutual safety issues over Iran. The UAE and Bahrain had been amongst 4 Arab states that had boycotted Qatar in a row that was largely resolved early final yr.
Jap Pacific Transport, which manages the vessel, stated it was investigating the incident involving the Pacific Zircon tanker roughly 150 miles off Oman. All crew had been protected and accounted for, it stated.
“Preliminary experiences point out the vessel…was hit by a projectile,” stated the Singapore-based agency, which is managed by Israeli billionaire Idan Ofer. “There may be some minor harm to the vessel’s hull however no spillage of cargo or water ingress.”
Gulf waters have lately seen assaults on tankers which have come at instances of heightened regional tensions with Iran. In July 2021, a suspected drone assault hit a petroleum product tanker managed by an Israeli agency off Oman’s coast. Iran denied accusations it was accountable.
In accordance with transport monitoring web site MarineTraffic, the Pacific Zircon was final seen off the coast of Liwa, Oman on Monday morning. It departed from Sohar, Oman on Monday afternoon with its vacation spot set because the port of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
The U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet stated it was conscious of an incident within the Gulf of Oman involving a industrial vessel. The UK Maritime Commerce Operations stated an investigation was going down after experiences of an incident within the Gulf of Oman.
Individually, two sources informed Reuters that Greece and Iran reached a deal for the discharge of two Greek-flagged tankers that had been seized by Tehran within the Gulf in Could in response to the confiscation of oil by america from an Iranian-flagged tanker in Greece. Ship monitoring knowledge confirmed the vessels underway from Iran.
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