U.S.-flagged tanker damaged in Bahrain port - Reuters
A US-flagged tanker was damaged in the port of Bahrain/ Photo: crowley.com
The U.S.-flagged tanker Stena Imperative was damaged in a Bahraini port on Monday night, Reuters reported, citing two sources.
The tanker suffered damage from "air impact" while docked, causing a fire to break out on board that was able to be extinguished, the vessel's operator, Crowley, said in a Bloomberg statement. It happened at about 2 a.m. local time, the agency reported. British marine risk management company Vanguard said that all crew members were evacuated and were not injured, the vessel remains in the port of Bahrain, writes Reuters.
Stena Imperative is participating in the U.S. Army's fuel supply program, Bloomberg reported, citing Crowley.
As Reuters notes, this is the first known case of damage to a U.S.-flagged vessel since the start of U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran on Saturday, Feb. 28, after which Tehran launched retaliatory attacks on Gulf states and Israel.
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