The video shows navy gunmen landing helicopters on St Nicholas and seizing it
Video of the seizure of the tanker of Greek interests St Nicholas by men of the Iranian navy was released by Iran TV.
The seizure operation took place last Thursday morning in the Gulf of Oman.
In the video, gunmen of the navy can be seen landing in helicopters on the ship and occupying it.
🚨 Scenes from Iranian television of the seizure of the American oil tanker by the Iranian Navy pic.twitter.com/HRqKq7D5M0
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The Greek-owned tanker St NIKOLAS, flag of the Marshall Islands, of the Empire Navigation company, has been in the anchorage of Bandar Abbas in Iran since yesterday.
The satellite communications system has been disabled by the hijackers so there is no contact with the crew, among them a 19-year-old Greek cadet captain, for whom intensive efforts are being made to repatriate him.
The tanker had loaded in the previous days in Basra (Iraq) a cargo of approximately 145,000 cubic meters. of crude oil bound for Aliaga (Turkey), through the Suez Canal. The vessel’s charterer is Tupras.
Source :Skai
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