Dubai: The British Navy warns Tuesday from the “potential piracy” of the ship off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in Oman’s Gulf, without describing.
The incident occurred in the midst of increasing tensions between Iran and West of the ragged nuclear agreement with the world’s power and as commercial shipments in the region itself were arrested at the lines of heresy.
Recently, the US, Britain and Israel have blamed Iran because of drone attacks on oil tankers off the coast of Oman who killed two people.
Iran denied involvement.
British military english maritime trading operation initially warned the ship Tuesday that “an incident is currently underway” off the coast of Fujairah.
A few hours later, they said the incident was “potential piracy,” but did not provide further details.
The authority of sending the Lloyd list and the global Dryad Maritime Intelligence Company both identified the ship involved as the asphalt asphalt daughter which was marked by Panama.
The ship’s owner, registered as a glory international based on Emirati-free zone, cannot be contacted immediately for comments on Tuesday night.
The 5th fleet based on the US military and the British Ministry of Defense did not immediately return a call to comment.
The Emirati government did not immediately recognize the incident.
Previously, six oil tankers announced around the same time through the tracking of their automated identification system that they were “not under command,” according to Marinetrafic.com.
It usually means the ship loses strength and can no longer direct.
“At the same time, if they are around it and in the same place, it is very rare that it happens,” said Ranjith King, Oil Expert and shipping with Refintiv data company.
“Not all ships will lose their machines or their abilities to direct at the same time.” One ship then starts moving.
Airbus Air Force Royal Oman C-295MPA, a maritime patrol plane, fly in a circle for hours above the waters, according to data from Flightradar24.com.
Apparently responding to the incident, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Saeed Khatibzadeh called the recent maritime attack on the Persian Gulf “truly suspicious.” He denied that Iran was involved.
“The Iranian Navy forces are ready to help and save in this region,” Khatibzadeh said.
This event came just a few days after a drone crashed into an oil tanker associated with Israeli billionaire off the coast of Oman, killing two crew members.
The West blamed Iran for the attack, which marked the first attack which was known to have killed civilians in many shadow wars targeting commercial vessels in the region.
Iran denied playing any role in the incident, even though Tehran and his allied militia had used a similar “suicide” drone in the past attack.
Israel, the United States and the UK swear the “collective response” against the attack, without describing.
Oman’s Gulf is near the Hormuz Strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Bay where one fifth of all the oil trajectory.
Fujairah, on the East Coast of UAE, is the main port in this region for boats to take new oil cargo, take supplies or exchange crews.
Over the past two years, the waters of Fujairah have seen a series of explosions and piracy.
The US Navy blamed Iran for a series of limpet mine attacks on ships that damaged tankers.
In July 2019, Iran won Stena which was marked by England in the Hormuz Strait when it was intended by the Port of Iran Bandar Abbas to Dubai.
Raid came after the authorities in Gibraltar, a British foreign region, seized an Iranian supertanker carrying $ 130 million in crude oil because of suspicion, he violated the European Union sanction by taking oil to Syria.
Both ships were released.
Last year, an oil tanker was sought by the United States for allegedly avoiding sanctions against Iran hijacked from Emirati Beach in July, after months of tensions between Iran and the US ship and the crew ended in Iran, even though Tehran had never recognized the incident.
And in January, Iran’s armed revolutionary guard forces stormed South Korean tankers and forced the ship to change direction and travel to Iran.
While Iran insisted it to stop the ship to pollute, came when Tehran was trying to increase his leverage over Seoul ahead of negotiations over billions of dollars in Iranian assets frozen in South Korean banks.