TEHRAN, Jun 13 - Media reports say two large oil tankers have been hit by explosions in the Sea of Oman.
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Iran’s Al-Alam television network cited local sources in Oman as saying that two successive explosions were heard in the Sea of Oman on Thursday morning.
The sources said the blasts were caused by attacks on the tankers, according to the report.
Local Pakistani sources also said the tankers had sent distress calls to the sea’s littoral states, the report added.
Meanwhile, the Associated Press reported that the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations — which is run by the British navy — had warned that an unspecified incident has taken place in the sea and was urging “extreme caution.”
Bloomberg identified one of the vessels as Tanker Front Altair, citing an official from the Emirati port of Fujairah and a person with knowledge of the matter as saying the crude tanker was on fire.
The vessel had loaded oil from the Abu Dhabi in the U.A.E. before setting off to sea, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
In the aftermath of the incident, Bloomberg added, Benchmark Brent crude futures gained as much as 1.8% and were trading at $60.99 a barrel at 10:21 a.m. in Dubai.
Source: Press TV
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