Tausende Seeleute sitzen noch immer im Persischen Golf fest. An einem Tanker gab es dort nun offenbar eine Explosion. Die Crew sei in Sicherheit, doch es sei Treibstoff ins Meer gelaufen, heißt es.

An explosion damaged a tanker close to its waterline as it sailed off Oman, a marine monitor said Tuesday, as tensions remained high around the blockaded

The incident, in the Gulf of Oman about 60 nautical miles east of Muscat, was an ‘external explosion’, UKMTO said.