DUBAI, April 14 (Reuters)– Armed males boarded a vessel at support in the Gulf of Oman on Tuesday yet the ship was later on launched, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) stated.

“Vessel and crew are safe,” it stated in an upgraded advisory, prompting all vessels around to continue to be watchful.

UKMTO had previously stated the vessel had actually gone to support around 3 maritime miles (nm) off Ras Al Kuh.

Maritime safety company Dryad Global independently tweeted that a Hong Kong- flagged vessel had actually been launched. It earlier stated the ship had actually gone to support waiting to technique Jubail in Saudi Arabia.

“At 12:48 UTC the vessel was shown to be underway towards the Iranian coastline. At 14:28UTC the vessel was shown to be stationary at a position 4nm off Mogh-e Qanbareh-ye Kuh Mobarak,” Dryad’s report stated.

It stated the vessel was “highly likely to be the vessel of concern,” yet included that it was “unclear whether the vessel is in distress or is being assisted by Iran in some way.” (Reporting by Lisa Barrington as well as Nayera Abdallah; Writing by Aziz El Yaakoubi; Editing by William Maclean as well as Gareth Jones)

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