Three Liberian-flagged oil tankers were struck by unknown projectiles when transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, shipping intelligence service Marisks said.
- The vessels had been moving through the strait with their Automatic Identification System transponders turned off to avoid detection, Marisks said in a report late on Wednesday.
- Oil products tanker Al Ruwais was last seen as having conducted a ship-to-ship transfer off Sohar, Oman, in late September to discharge its diesel cargo, data from analytics firm Kpler showed.
- Very large crude carrier Mersin Prosperity also made a ship-to-ship transfer off Sohar in mid-September to move 2 million barrels of Iraqi Basrah crude onto another vessel, Kpler data showed.
- Aframax-sized tanker Sinbad loaded refined products at Saudi Arabia’s Jubail industrial port in early September, the data showed.
- ADNOC Logistics & Services (ADNOCLS.AD), opens new tab, which manages Al Ruwais and Mersin Prosperity, declined to comment.
- Sinbad’s manager, Anglo-Eastern Tanker Management, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Source: Reuters