Crew evacuated from two tankers hit in suspected attacks in Gulf of Oman
Two tankers, the Marshal Islands-flagged Front Altair and the Panama-flagged Kokuka Courageous, had been evacuated and the crews were safe, four shipping and trade sources said. In this file photo, UAE Navy boats are seen next to Saudi tanker Al Marzoqah off the Port of Fujairah on May 17, 2019.
The US Navy said it is assisting two oil tankers targeted in "reported attack" in the Gulf of Oman. The US Navy's 5th Fleet said it is "aware of the reported attack on tankers in the Gulf of Oman" and its forces in the region had received two separate distress calls. At least 21 sailors were evacuated off the targeted Kokuka Courageous, a shipping firm reported. At least one sailor was slightly injured and the Pamana-flagged ship sustained hull damage.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which is run by the British navy, put out the alert but did not elaborate on the incident. It said it was investigating. There was no immediate confirmation from ship operators or authorities in Oman or the United Arab Emirates , in whose territorial waters four tankers were hit last month.
Another source said the Front Altair reported a fire caused by a "surface attack" and that the crew had been picked up by nearby vessel Hyundai Dubai.The attacks the US blamed on Iran in May occurred off the Emirati port of Fujairah, also on the Gulf of Oman, approaching the critical Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which a third of all oil traded by sea passes.
His message came just hours after Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels attacked a Saudi airport, wounding 26 people.
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