Iran Threatens Legal Action Against South Korean Shipping Firm’s Vessels In Strait Of Hormuz
South Korea’s shipowners’ association said the vessels were not owned by Sinokor but had been sub-chartered to an overseas oil company.
South Korea’s shipowners’ association said the vessels were not owned by Sinokor but had been sub-chartered to an overseas oil company.
CENTCOM chief visits the Strait of Hormuz as U.S. forces report assisting Gulf partners in exporting 1.5 billion barrels of crude oil and supporting over 3,000 vessel transits.
Iranian state television reported the incidents on Thursday, October 22, citing the navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
The canal also faced water shortages caused by El Niño, which forced it to reduce the number of ships allowed through each day.
An oil product tanker, the M/T AL Dasma, was attacked by an unknown projectile 11 nautical miles west of Bukha in Oman in the Hormuz Strait.
Iran has changed its tactics in the waterway to exert pressure on vessels, with the U.S. Navy calling the threat to shipping in the region ‘severe’.
The proposal remains under discussion as Washington and Tehran disagree over sanctions, regional hostilities and Iran’s nuclear programme.
A supertanker loaded with around two million barrels of crude oil struck a naval mine while sailing through the Strait of Hormuz.
The video showed perfume bottles and iPhone boxes floating in the waters surrounding the vessel and people getting into boats to pick up the goods.
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