An oil tanker owned by an Israeli billionaire has been struck by a bomb-carrying drone off the coast of Oman, an official has mentioned.
The vessel, which is operated by Singapore-based Eastern Pacific Shipping however owned by Idan Ofer, was attacked on Tuesday evening, based on the Middle East-based defence supply.
The operator mentioned it was investigating after its ship was struck by what it described as a projectile.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, a British army organisation that screens delivery within the area, mentioned it was “aware of an incident”, which is “being investigated”.
The ship was recognized because the Pacific Zircon.
Eastern Pacific Shipping mentioned the vessel was carrying gasoline oil and solely minor harm was reported to the vessel’s hull with no spillage of the cargo or accidents among the many crew.
According to the delivery monitoring web site MarineTraffic, it was final seen off the coast of Liwa, Oman, on Monday morning.
It departed from Sohar on Monday afternoon destined for Buenos Aires. Eastern Pacific Shipping mentioned it was some 150 miles (240km) off the coast of Oman at across the time it was struck, deep within the Arabian Sea.
Heightened tensions with Iran
The assault comes at a time of heightened tensions with Iran and forward of the World Cup in close by Qatar.
No one has claimed accountability for the assault, however Tehran and Israel have been engaged in a years-long struggle inside wider tensions within the Middle East.
It has additionally reportedly offered Russia with drones to make use of in its struggle towards Ukraine.
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The US blamed Iran for a collection of assaults off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in 2019.
Tehran then began escalating its nuclear programme after the US unilaterally withdrew from its atomic cope with world powers.
Iranian state media has not commented.
Source: information.sky.com”