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A tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz was disabled by an engine-room fire after a small boat attached two explosive devices to its hull, the second reported attack on shipping in the waterway within hours.
Iran’s Persian Gulf Strait Authority says it will pursue legal action against every vessel owned by South Korean shipping giant Sinokor starting November 1 over alleged Hormuz transit violations.
Iran’s declared closure of the Strait of Hormuz and a wartime-high wave of tanker attacks dominated a week that also brought record containership orders, major port and tanker-fleet acquisitions, and new fuel-transition milestones.
The United Arab Emirates has closed beaches in Umm Al Quwain and launched clean-up operations after an oil spill traced to a tanker struck by a projectile earlier in October.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to all commercial shipping as tanker attacks surge to their highest level since the US-Israel war on Iran began.
Greece’s Minister of Shipping and Island Policy Vasilis Kikilias met senior Japanese officials in Tokyo to deepen bilateral cooperation on shipyards, ports, maritime safety and IMO decarbonization talks.
Attacks on commercial shipping in the Gulf widened beyond the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend, with a fully laden VLCC struck off the UAE and a tanker hit near Qatar as Iran extends its campaign against vessels it deems unauthorized.
Vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dropped to its lowest level in more than two months after tanker attacks in the waterway reached their highest weekly frequency since the start of the Iran war.
The Greek-flagged LNG carrier Maran Gas Mystras, controlled by the Angelicoussis Shipping Group, was hit by an unidentified projectile while leaving the Strait of Hormuz, with all 30 crew reported safe.
The Liberian-flagged tanker Lipsi was hit by an unidentified projectile in the Strait of Hormuz, becoming at least the fifth vessel struck in the waterway since October 2 as Iran ramps up attacks on commercial shipping.
