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Reuters, citing two Iraqi port officials, reported that the Panama-flagged oil tanker New Andros was struck by a drone, triggering a fire on board while the vessel was in Iraqi territorial waters on September 9. All 22 crewmembers were reported safe.
Vessel NEW ANDROS, image credit: Daisuke NIMURA
The incident occurred at around 6:00 am local time while the vessel was carrying about 2 million barrels of Iraqi fuel oil. No casualties among the crew members were reported.
United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations(UKMTO) also reported an incident involving an unnamed vessel struck by an unknown projectile near 28 nautical miles south-east of Al-Faw, Iraq. No further details about the vessel or the extent of the damage were immediately available.
The incident came on the same day as a separate attack on the tanker Hercules Star off Dubai, UAE, in which one crewmember was killed, and another remains missing.
