The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) announced that a tanker was struck by an unidentified projectile while sailing through the Strait of Hormuz, causing damage to the engine room, with no injuries reported among the crew and no environmental impact recorded so far.<\/p>\n
The agency said in a post on \u201cX\u201d on Sunday that authorities were investigating the circumstances of the incident, without disclosing the source of the projectile or the party responsible for launching it.<\/p>\n
The incident comes amid repeated attacks targeting commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks, as the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations has recorded several reports of tankers and vessels being struck by unidentified projectiles, including incidents that resulted in fires, material damage, and serious injuries among crew members.<\/p>\n
A crude oil tanker was targeted by an unidentified projectile on Saturday about 4 nautical miles east of Oman, while the British agency reported that all crew members were safe and that no environmental impact was recorded from the incident.<\/p>\n
On the same day, another oil tanker reported being struck by an unidentified projectile on its port side, about 4 nautical miles east of Oman. The agency confirmed that all crew members were safe and that there was no environmental impact.<\/p>\n
Risks facing maritime traffic have increased following reports that \u2014 on September 30 \u2014 three Liberia-flagged oil tankers were struck by unidentified projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, although the source of the projectiles and the party responsible for them have not been independently determined, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n
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