A supertanker with Iraqi oil for China made an unsuccessful maneuver and hit a sanctioned tanker in the Gulf of Oman. The fire started. It is known that the crew of the sanctioned tanker was evacuated.
Two tankers collided in the Gulf of Oman off the coast of the UAE.
"While moving south at a speed of 13. 1 knots in the international waters of the Gulf of Oman about 22.5 nautical miles from the coast of Khor Fakkan, the supertanker Front Eagle performed a starboard turn, which led to a collision with the stern of the port side of the tanker Adalynn, which was moving southeast at a speed of 4.8 knots towards the Suez Canal.", — reports TankerTrackers.
According to him, the collision of two tankers occurred late in the evening on June 16.
"After the incident, all 24 crew members of the Adalynn were safely rescued by the UAE Coast Guard, according to the UAE National Guard," the oil transportation tracking portal reports.
According to NASA, a fire was detected at three points at the collision site. We can talk about one tanker, as the ships continued to move. According to AIS ships, Front Eagle made a detour in the opposite direction. While Adalynn also changed course.
It is known that Front Eagle was moving with a cargo of Iraqi oil up to 300 thousand tons from Persian Gulf to China. On July 5, the ship was scheduled to arrive in Zhoushan. The tanker Adalynn, in turn, left the waters of the UAE empty and headed for the Suez Canal.
This vessel is under US sanctions because of the transportation of Venezuelan oil."Based on the available data, this event does not appear to be an incident related to regional conflicts or the result of electronic warfare aimed at AIS/GPS signals. In addition to AIS, ships use radars and radio communications for navigation coordination. The incident most likely occurred due to a misunderstanding or a navigational miscalculation between the vessels," TankerTrackers reports.
The incident occurred near The Strait of Hormuz and 40 miles off the coast of Iran.