“Our missiles and drones are ready to fire at you”, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard warned ships via maritime radio over the weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, quoting from a recording it obtained.
One of the vessels under attack appears to be Al Rekayyat, a liquefied natural gas tanker owned and managed by Nakilat, the shipping arm of Qatar’s LNG industry, the WSJ said, adding that the ship had been hit on the port side, at the top of the engine room.
“Engine room fire and full of smoke. Unable to assess further damage. All crew are safe and mustered on the starboard side”, WSJ quoted from a recording.
The vessel was at the mouth of the strait, in the Gulf of Oman, when it was attacked, the WSJ said.
Investors have been keeping a close eye on talks between the US and Iran over the fate of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz while tracking the recovery in Gulf oil exports.
