UKMTO cho biết ghi nhận bảy vụ tấn công tàu chở dầu tại Hormuz trong một tuần
UKMTO cho biết ít nhất bảy tàu chở dầu đã bị tấn công ở trong và xung quanh Eo biển Hormuz trong tuần tính đến ngày 11 tháng 11, với một vụ không kích khiến nhiều thành viên thủy thủ đoàn bị thương ở Vịnh Ba Tư.
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At least seven tankers were attacked in and around the Strait of Hormuz in the week to 11 November, UKMTO said, with one strike leaving multiple crew injured in the Arabian Gulf.
The latest, on 11 November, hit a tanker’s engine room 14 nautical miles northwest of Ras al-Khaimah, and the crew was evacuated, UKMTO said in its weekly overview.
Of eight incidents reported, three vessels continued their voyage, three needed assistance and two had unknown outcomes. None was reported sunk.
On 7 November, US Central Command said it disabled the HUDA in the Gulf of Oman after its crew ignored warnings and tried to breach the US naval blockade.
UKMTO said the traffic through the waterway was about 65 percent below pre-war levels, with combined 139 outbound and 169 inbound transits, against 170 and 155 the previous week. It rated threat level in the strait is as severe.
In the Red Sea, no attacks have been reported since 24 August, but Bab al-Mandab transits remain about 24 percent below levels before the Houthis’ 22 July blockade announcement.
UKMTO has logged 163 conflict-related incidents since 28 February.