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Oil tanker seized by Iran bound for Oman: Report
On Thursday, ship tracking data showed the vessel moving to international waters, with the destination showing as Khor Fakkan in the United Arab Emirates, Reuters reported. The Marshall Islands-flagged Advantage Sweet was boarded by Iran’s military in the Gulf of Oman in April 2023 after a collision with an Iranian boat.
Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) said in a statement on July 6, 2023 that the Richmond Voyager had ignored basic international maritime laws by escaping the scene of a collision with an Iranian vessel after an incident that happened in international waters in southern Iran a day earlier.
The statement said at the time that five people had been seriously injured in the collision between the Bahamas-flagged tanker and the Iranian ship which was carrying seven crew members when the incident took place. It added that the incident had caused flooding on board the Iranian vessel.
The US State Department welcomed reports that the vessel has been released, an agency spokesperson said. The State Department in March had called for the immediate release of the tanker.
There was no immediate comment from Chevron or Iranian officials on Thursday.