FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Two commercial vessels were fired upon in separate incidents on the same day, 22 April, in waters near Iran and Oman, with Iran claiming to have seized the vessels. Meanwhile, there are reports of a third incident. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) Centre, in a warning issued on 22 April, detailed a serious incident occurring approximately 8 nautical miles west of Iran. The master of an outbound cargo vessel reported coming under fire, forcing the ship to halt. Despite the attack, all crew members were accounted for and safe, and no damage to the vessel was reported. Authorities noted heightened levels of activity in the Strait of Hormuz and urged vessels to remain vigilant and report any unusual encounters. RelatedNews South Korea condemns attack on HMM vessel “in the strongest terms” JMIC: Security remains highly volatile across key regions var jnews_module_21370670_0_6a01f476b6ed8 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21370670","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4346,2709,2647,203","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","