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  • Insurer: Iran’s Guards Likely Organized Tanker Attacks

    05/20/2019 2:42:24 PM PDT · by golux · 11 replies
    gcaptain / rauters ^ | May 20 2019 | Kumar, S.
    Both the Saudi-flagged crude oil tanker Amjad and the UAE-flagged bunker vessel A.Michel sustained damage in the area of their engine rooms, while the Saudi tanker Al Marzoqah was damaged in the aft section and the Norwegian tanker Andrea Victory suffered extensive damage to the stern, DNK said. The DNK report said the attacks had been carried out between six and 10 nautical miles off Fujairah, which lies close to the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has in the past threatened to block all exports through the Strait of Hormuz, through which an estimated fifth of the world’s oil passes. According...