The tanker, owned by the Greek shipping company Empire Navigation, was carrying Iraqi oil.
Tanker St. Nicholas, boarded by men in military uniforms on Thursday, January 11, changed course off the coast of Oman and headed for the port of Jask in Iran. Al Jazeera reported this in relation to data from the company Ambrey.
Several people boarded the ship while it was about 90 km from Oman’s Suhar port in the Gulf of Oman. After that, contact with the tanker was lost.
The tanker, owned by the Greek shipping company Empire Navigation, was carrying Iraqi oil and was en route from Basra to Turkey via the Suez Canal. The ship was chartered by the Turkish company Tupras.
The tanker was previously named Suez Rajan. According to the US, he brought Iran’s oil in violation of US sanctions.
The dispute between the US Department of Justice and the owner of the company was resolved in 2023 by sending the US 1 million barrels of Iranian oil, which were confiscated.
In response to the Suez Rajan blockade, Iran seized a tanker carrying oil from Kuwait for the American energy company Chevron.
It should be noted that transport companies have begun to redirect ships from the Middle East region amid more frequent attacks in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.
Source: korrespondent
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