Another ship is in distress in the Middle East. This is the third incident this week
New blow in the Gulf of Oman: tanker Jalveer in distress / Photo: Alones / Shutterstock
Another ship has apparently been attacked in the Gulf of Oman, Bloomberg writes. The incident comes after U.S. forces attacked two other ships in the region earlier this week as part of a blockade of Iranian ports and vessels.
Details
On Thursday, June 11, in the waters off the coast of Oman, the asphalt and bitumen tanker Jalveer gave a distress signal. According to the report of the marine intelligence company Vanguard Tech, which was read by Bloomberg, the vessel had a fire in the engine room.
At the moment, neither side has claimed responsibility for the incident, the agency points out. The Indian Embassy in Oman on Thursday confirmed information about the incident with another tanker off the Omani coast, Reuters reports. The Forward Seamen's Union of India said the vessel in question was MT Jalveer.
Also on June 11, it was reported that three Indian sailors were killed in past U.S. operations in the region this week, Bloomberg and Reuters reported. This triggered a diplomatic row between New Delhi and Washington. India summoned the head of the U.S. diplomatic mission in the country to express outrage over the incident. These are the first known deaths in connection with the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports and ships in the Strait of Hormuz, Reuters reports.
What about the oil
The cost of July futures for Mark WTI crude oil on June 11 fell by 1.06% to $89 per barrel. August contracts for the benchmark Mark Brent also fell by about 1% and are trading within $92 per barrel.
Context
The Jalveer incident off the coast of Oman follows two other U.S. attacks this week on ships in the Gulf of Oman that also reported engine room fires. The operations were linked to the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports and ships.
The Guinea-Bissau-flagged vessel Jalveer usually transports bitumen and asphalt from the United Arab Emirates to India, according to Kpler vessel tracking data, Bloomberg reports. There is no information that the tanker is under sanctions by any government. According to Kpler, the last time Jalveer carried cargo from Iran to India was in 2023.
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