Mysterious attack: a tanker in the Gulf of Oman attacked with torpedoes

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Загадочное нападение: танкеры в Оманском заливе атаковали торпедами

Two oil tanker was attacked in the Gulf of Oman, reports the Iranian TV channel Press TV.

According to journalists, in the area of location of vessels heard the sounds of explosions. Sea Harbor of Oman and Pakistan received distress signals from the crews of the attacked vessels.

Later it became known that the crew of two tankers that the attack occurred in the Gulf of Oman, were evacuated. This was reported by the Agency Reuters with reference to the four trading source and source on the ship. Iran Saviour of 44 sailors from stricken tankers, transporting them to their territory, according to the Agency IRNA.

The tanker was identified as the Altair Front under Marshall Islands flag tanker Kokuka Courageous, which goes under the flag of Panama. Both the tanker was evacuated, the crew is safe.

Also the Singapore representative of the company-operator of the vessel Kokuka Courageous BSM Ship Management reported that the hull was damaged on the starboard side, the 21 members of the crew left the tanker after the incident. One crew member was slightly injured, he was given first aid.

“Kokuka remains Courageous in this area and is not in danger of flooding. Shipment of methanol on Board in safety”, – said the representative of the company.

Later, Taiwan’s state-owned energy company CPC announced that the firm chartered a tanker Altair Front, which delivered fuel from the Middle East, “presumably, was hit by a torpedo”.

One of the leaders of the company Have IFAN said that the incident with the oil tanker Front Altair, which was carrying 75 thousand tons of naphtha, happened about four o’clock, GMT time (7:00 GMT) on Thursday. According to him, all crew members were saved.

As the Agency notes, citing data from the company Refinitiv Eikon, the last time it was known location of the tanker, he was not far from the coast of Iran in the Gulf of Oman. The cargo he had taken in the town of Ruwais in the UAE.

Earlier, Iranian and Arab media reported that in the Gulf of Oman, two explosions occurred, was attacked two oil tankers. Organization “Maritime trade operations the UK” (UKMTO) reported that the UK and its partners are investigating the incident in the Gulf of Oman after information in the media about the attack on the tankers.

The Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang , citing its sources wrote that the tankers can be citizens of Russia. The Russian foreign Ministry said that this information is currently checked.

In connection with the incident, the cost of the futures on Brent crude for delivery in August, 2019 in the course of trading on the ICE exchange in London grew by 2.93% to 61,73 USD per barrel.

We will remind that it not the first case of attacks on tankers. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of the UAE 12 may reported that four of the merchant ship were the target of sabotage in the exclusive economic zone of the state. The attack tankers and Amjad Al Marzoqah that belonged to a Saudi company Bahri, as well as the tanker under the Norwegian flag Andrea Victory and was in the Emirates tanker A. Michel. On 24 may, the Pentagon accused Iran of involvement in attacks on tankers, Tehran’s rejects.

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