UKMTO reports explosion on tanker off Oman coast

A tanker suffered an external explosion off the coast of Oman, causing a bunker fuel spill but no reported casualties or major damage, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO).

In a statement posted on X on Tuesday (May 26), the UKMTO said it had “received a report of an incident 60 nautical miles east of Muscat, Oman,” Caliber.Az reports.

“The Master of a Tanker reports of an external explosion, Port side aft close to the waterline,” the UKMTO Operations Centre said.

The agency added that “the crew and vessel are safe,” although the ship’s master reported that “some bunker fuel has discharged into the sea.”

Authorities are investigating the incident, the UKMTO said, while advising vessels transiting the area to exercise caution and report any suspicious activity.