A tanker was struck by a “large explosion” in waters off Kuwait, causing an oil spill, the British maritime security agency UKMTO reported on Thursday, as the ongoing US-Iran-Israel conflict disrupted shipping in the Gulf.
Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards have claimed “complete control” of the Strait of Hormuz, a key chokepoint into the Gulf and one of the world’s most important energy shipping routes.
“The master of a tanker at anchor reports witnessing and hearing a large explosion on the port side, then seeing a small craft leave the vicinity” near Kuwait’s Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port.
Chinese shipping giant Cosco, which operates one of the world’s largest oil tanker fleets, announced it would suspend services to and from Gulf countries, including Kuwait, from Wednesday.
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