Two oil tankers attacked in Gulf of Oman

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The crews have been evacuated, one operator suspects its ship hit by a torpedo.

Two oil tankers were hit in suspected attacks in the Gulf of Oman and the crews have been evacuated, shipping firms and industry sources said on Thursday, a month after a similar incident in which four tankers in the region were struck.

Details of the incident were not immediately clear, but one operator said it suspected its ship had been hit by a torpedo. Another shipping firm said its vessel was on fire in the Gulf of Oman. The Gulf of Oman lies at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, a major strategic waterway through which a fifth of global oil consumption passes from Middle East producers.

Saudi Arabia and the UAE have said the attacks on oil assets in the Gulf posed a risk to global oil supplies and regional security.was damaged in a “suspected attack” that breached the hull above the water line while on passage from Saudi Arabia to Singapore., carrying 75,000 tonnes of naphtha was “suspected of being hit by a torpedo.

 

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