DUBAI: An Iranian gunboat fired at a container ship off the coast of Oman on Wednesday (Apr 22), inflicting injury however no casualties, a British maritime safety company stated.
“The grasp of a container ship reported that the vessel was approached by one IRGC gunboat … that then fired upon the vessel, which has induced heavy injury to the bridge. No fires or environmental influence reported,” the UK Maritime Commerce Operations centre stated.
It added that the incident passed off 15 nautical miles northeast of Oman and all of the crew had been protected.
In keeping with British maritime safety agency Vanguard Tech, the vessel was crusing underneath a Liberian flag and “had been knowledgeable it had permission to transit the Strait of Hormuz”.
However Iranian information company Tasnim stated the ship had “ignored warnings from Iran’s armed forces”.
Transport by means of the strategic Strait of Hormuz has been closely restricted by Iran because the begin of the struggle with Israel and the US, whereas the US army is imposing a blockade of Iranian ports.
US President Donald Trump introduced Wednesday that the truce between the 2 nations would be extended after it first took impact on Apr 8.
