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Seafarer killed after suspected missile strike on tanker in Gulf
Velos Tankers said Friday that one crew member died after an explosion, believed to be a missile attack, hit the unladen Marshall Islands-flagged MT Velos Sapphire in the Gulf on Thursday, according to Reuters copy carried by Arab News.
Based on reporting by Arab News
Wire reporting: (Reuters, via Arab News)
One crew member on a Marshall Islands-flagged oil products tanker died after an explosion in the Gulf on Thursday that the ship's manager described as likely a missile strike, according to Reuters reporting republished Friday by Arab News1.
Greek firm Velos Tankers said the unladen MT Velos Sapphire was sailing toward Bahrain when it was hit, Arab News reported, citing Reuters1. The company said the seafarer had first been listed as missing and was later found dead on board1.
Velos Tankers said no other crew were injured, that sailors put out a fire caused by the blast, and that there were no reports of pollution, the Reuters dispatch said1. The ship was taken to Bahrain's Khalifa Bin Salman Port, with hull damage still being assessed and an investigation planned1.
The assigned Reuters page could not be retrieved (not found). Who fired, if anyone, was not identified in the manager's statement as carried1. Related Arab News items had earlier described a tanker explosion near Oman's Khasab while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, citing UKMTO; this filing does not treat that as confirmed as the same vessel1.
