![]() ![]() (Reporting by Lisa Barrington Additional reporting by Dan Wiliams in Jerusalem Editing by Mark Heinrich, William Maclean) (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2021. The Arab Coalition announced that the second Yemeni drone attack took place just hours after the first unsuccessfully targeted the Saudi city of Khamis Mushait. In 2018, 21 million barrels per day of oil flowed through the Gulf’s Strait of Hormuz, equivalent to about 21% of global petroleum liquids demand at the time, according to the U.S. Unnamed defense sources told Channel 13 on Saturday that an explosion aboard MV Helios Ray vehicle-carrier ship was believed to have been caused by two Iranian-made missiles. ally Seoul over Iranian funds frozen in South Korean banks due to U.S. In early January, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized a South Korean-flagged tanker in Gulf waters and detained its crew amid tensions between Tehran and U.S. Iran distanced itself from those attacks. Washington has blamed Iran for a number of attacks on shipping in strategic Gulf waters, including on four vessels, including two Saudi oil tankers, in May 2019. Tensions have risen in the Gulf region since the United States reimposed sanctions on Iran in 2018 after then-President Donald Trump withdrew Washington from Tehran’s 2015 nuclear deal with major powers. ![]() The U.S. Navy’s Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said it was aware of the incident and monitoring the situation. Refinitiv data shows the ship has set Dubai as its current destination. “Whilst details regarding the incident remain unclear it remains a realistic possibility that the event was the result of asymmetric activity by Iranian military,” Dryad said in a report on the incident. Stamco Ship Management declined to comment when contacted by phone by Reuters. The ship was managed by Stamco Ship Management, Refinitiv ship tracking data showed. ![]() The ship was en route to Singapore from Dammam in Saudi Arabia.Ī spokesman for Israel’s Transportation Ministry said it had no information about an Israeli vessel having been struck in the Gulf.Ī company with the name Helios Ray Ltd is incorporated in the Isle of Man. Maritime security firm Dryad Global said the MV HELIOS RAY was a vehicle carrier owned by Helios Ray Ltd, an Israeli firm registered in the Isle of Man. The incident occurred at 2040 GMT, it said, but gave no details about a possible cause. Vessel and crew are safe,” the UKMTO’s advisory notice said, advising vessels in the area to exercise caution. DUBAI, Feb 26 (Reuters) – A Bahamas-flagged ship, the MV HELIOS RAY, was hit by an explosion in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) and a maritime security firm said on Friday. ![]()
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