Tanker damaged after being hit in Strait of Hormuz, UKMTO says
- The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported that an outbound tanker in the Strait of Hormuz was struck on its port side by an unknown projectile, causing a fire; the crew was safe, but damage and environmental effects were unknown.
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that a tanker carrying more than two million barrels of crude oil hit a naval mine and caught fire.
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps accused the unidentified vessel of using an unauthorized route with United States support and disabling its tracking systems.
- The Strait of Hormuz normally carries about one-fifth of global oil consumption, while Iran has restricted ship movements through the waterway.
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Three oil tankers were damaged by Iranian mines during the day in the Strait of Hormuz about ten days before the US midterm elections. Struggles continue between Iran, which aims to damage the US Donald Trump administration by maintaining the high oil prices caused by the blockade of the strait, and the US, which wants to neutralize the blockade. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is 20
Accident occurred after a ship attempted to pass through an "unauthorized route" hitting a "shipmine south of the Strait of Ormuz, causing an explosion and a fire in the engine house".
The Iranian Revolution Guards announced on Monday that a fire broke out on an oil tanker after it hit a mine in the Strait of Ormuz, a strategic maritime route at the heart of the Washington-Tehran conflict, reports AFP.
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