Two crew missing in tanker fire off Oman coast, UK maritime agency says

A tanker’s engine room caught fire off the coast of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, a UK maritime agency said, reporting two missing and one casualty.

Earlier, British maritime security company Vanguard Tech said the Palau-flagged tanker Settebello had “transmitted a distress call stating that its engine room had been struck by a missile while operating off Sohar in the Gulf of Oman” and that there was a fire on board.

The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency later reported an incident 37km (20 nautical miles) northeast of Sohar in Oman.