Hmm, that is interesting. I wonder what the heck is going on, and how unusual this is.
***Hmm, that is interesting. I wonder what the heck is going on, and how unusual this is.
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UK ‘Urgently Investigating’ Incident on Ship Between UAE, Iran Amid ‘Hijacking’ Report
(snip) The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said it was tracking with urgency an incident that its military’s maritime tracker identified involving at least one ship traversing the tense Gulf of Oman between the United Arab Emirates and Iran.
The comment came after the Defense Ministry’s U.K. Maritime Trade Operations reported on Tuesday that “an Incident is currently underway” 61 nautical miles east of the UAE’s Fujairah coast. The incident was described as “non-piracy” and then also classified as a “potential hijacking” by the monitor.
Meanwhile, other independent maritime trackers began to show that a number of vessels in the vicinity of the incident were reporting “Not under command,” meaning the crew was unable to maneuver as needed, often due to an exceptional circumstance.
These ships included oil tankers Golden Brilliant and Front Crown, both of which have since reported they were “underway using engine.”