A cargo ship was sunk off Oman and another vessel was reportedly seized near the United Arab Emirates and taken toward Iranian waters on Thursday, underscoring the continuing disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz as diplomatic efforts to ease tensions showed little sign of success.
The US has authorised operations involving the sale, delivery, or offloading of crude oil and petroleum products of Russian origin loaded onto tankers, according to a general license published on the website of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Treasury Department.
German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd said projectile fragments have hit the Liberia-flagged container vessel 'Source Blessing' near the Strait of Hormuz.
The Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard Company (ASRY) recently organised advanced training sessions on the fundamentals of firefighting for a group of personnel from Bahrain's General Directorate of Civil Defence as part of ASRY's efforts to strengthen a culture of safety and security.
