While the Navy did not identify the vessel involved, ship-tracking data from MarineTraffic.com analysed by AP showed the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier Venture erratically changed course as it travelled through the strait at the time of the incident.
While the Navy did not identify the vessel involved, ship-tracking data from MarineTraffic.com analysed by AP showed the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier Venture erratically changed course as it traveled through the strait at the time of the incident.
Irans navy seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker with 24 Indian crew members in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday heading to the US amid wider tensions over Tehrans nuclear programme, the latest-such capture in a waterway crucial for global energy supplies.The U.S. Navys Mideast-based 5th Fleet identified the vessel as the Advantage Sweet.
Irans navy seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker with 24 Indian crew members in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday heading to the US amid wider tensions over Tehrans nuclear programme, the latest-such capture in a waterway crucial for global energy supplies.The U.S. Navys Mideast-based 5th Fleet identified the vessel as the Advantage Sweet.
The vessels manager, a Turkish firm called Advantage Tankers, issued a statement acknowledging the Advantage Sweet was being escorted by the Iranian navy to a port on the basis of an international dispute. All the ships 24 crew members are Indian.While Tehran says the tanker was seized over it running into another Iranian vessel, it has provided no evidence yet to support the claim and the Islamic Republic has taken other ships as bargaining chips in negotiations with the West.The footage showed the commandos descending on the deck of the Advantage Sweet by ropes from a hovering helicopter.