Main » 2010 » July » 28 » Japan oil tanker damaged near Oman
Japan oil tanker damaged near Oman
9:00 AM
An oil tanker owned and operated by Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd was damaged in a "tremor" in the strait of Hormuz. Omani coastguard said on Wednesday that there was no evidence of an attack. "A minor earthquake of 3.4 magnitude happened in Bandar Abbas." Alarabiya.net quotes a representative of Iran's International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering as saying. A crew member was slightly injured and the ship was heading to port to assess the damage.