Iran and US hit tankers in biggest wave of attacks on shipping since war began
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the strikes hit two U.S. vessels and eight oil tankers after U.S. forces destroyed five Iranian crude carriers.
- Overnight, several merchant vessels in the northern Gulf and near Oman were hit by disabling fire during military activity, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported on Wednesday.
- On Tuesday, Central Command forces destroyed several Iranian crude oil tankers following attempted missile attacks on a Navy warship over the previous two days.
- Claiming the area was "prohibited and unsafe," the Revolutionary Guards of Iran reported they attacked several vessels and tankers in response, alleging the 10 ships crossed the Strait of Hormuz.
- Separately, UKMTO reported an incident Wednesday 24 nautical miles from Port Rashid in the United Arab Emirates, where a vessel appeared to be taking on water after an unknown projectile strike.
- The British navy-affiliated UKMTO agency said on Wednesday it is unable to confirm any casualties or environmental impacts from the overnight military activity in the region.
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Iran, US hit tankers in new wave of attacks
Iran yesterday said it had attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz after the US sank five Iranian oil tankers, in the biggest declared wave of tit-for-tat attacks on shipping by both sides since the start of the six-month-old war.The attacks in and around the vital waterway sent the price of oil
(Cairo=Yonhap News) Correspondent Kim Sang-hoon = As the U.S. and Iran continue to target each other's vessels, a large oil tanker in Iraqi territorial waters was hit by a drone attack...
New Andros, carrying 2 million barrels of Iraqi oil, was attacked by an unidentified drone off the coast of Iraq, resulting in a fire that rescue boats were able to put out without registering human casualties.
The incident adds to the chain of attacks on commercial ships in the wider Persian Gulf region The post Strait of Hormuz: New attack on Greek-owned tanker appeared first on in.gr.
In Iraq's territorial waters, a oil tanker flying Panama's flag was attacked, the vessel was damaged, the Iraqi Ministry of Transport told the Iraqi Ministry of Transport. The oil tank under Panama's flag was attacked in Iraq's territorial waters, handed over to RIA News. "Tanker with oil under Panama's flag was struck by an unidentified source while in Iraq's territorial waters, causing damage to the vessel's hull", quoted the Iraqi news agency…
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