United States 5th Fleet: Two Tankers Damaged In Sea Of Oman Incident

Awwww lawwwwwddddyy... my goldshorts aint gonna like this

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is Iran right now talking to Khamenei.

Two tankers — identified as the Marshal Islands-flagged Front Altair and the Panama-flagged Japanese-owned Kokuka Courageous

Another oil tanker owned by Norway’s Frontline had been struck by a torpedo off the coast of Fujairah, UAE.

I believe the someone is someone who wants to start a war against Iran. These attacks were very conveniently immediately blamed on them without any real evidence.

Iranian navy rescued 44 sailors after 2 tankers were ‘reportedly attacked’ in Gulf of Oman. US 5th Fleet in the attack area. Shinzo Abe is visiting Iran.

Two tankers — identified as the Marshal Islands-flagged Front Altair and the Panama-flagged Japanese-owned Kokuka Courageous

Too much of synchronization to be a coincidence.

How this is specifically tied to Japan is anyone's guess, none of the ships were destined for Japan as far as I know.

This is scary as shit guys. First attack was one month ago to the date. Magnetic mines carefully placed to limit damage to the rudder/propulsion. Now a strike midships, where the potential for disaster - both on a human and environmental level - is extremely high. Someone is playing a very dangerous game here, and I bet you we haven't seen the last of it.

There's really no evidence supporting your view either, but logically the two most likely scenarios would be that either someone is trying to frame Iran, or Iran are the culprits - either directly or by proxy. Unless we're facing som newly minted gung-ho environmentalists. Emphasis on mental in that case.

Furthermore, logic would dictate that this was no torpedo attack. A modern day torpedo carries a payload of 2-300kg of high grade explosives, designed to detonate under the keel of surface ships. Enough to break a ship clean apart. More likely, this was the same recipe as the May attack, only this time placed with the intent to do real damage.

The thing is, as long as you can get your hands on say 50kg of explosives, making a magnetic mine is a lot less complicated than it sounds. While successfully delivering an actual torpedo requires a level of hardware access that dramatically limits the number of players in the area with the capacity to do so.

So, who stands to gain?
-Iran, of course, but that would be stupid. Are they really under that much pressure?
-Saudi, yeah let's stick it to the Iranians and drive up oil prices while we're at it. What can go wrong. Hell, we murdered a journalist in Turkey and Donald barely flinched.
-US, because, you know, 'murica.

Time will tell :-)

US accusing Iran of torpedo attack on US linked tanker, without any evidence. This has the hallmarks of John Bolton, National Security Advisor of the United States

For traders there's both serious oil volatility and dollar level implications at stake.
meanwhile Im fascinated to see what Mr Trump will/can do about this, even if he can credibly link Iran DIRECTLY to these attacks. US recent deployment of naval forces suggest that attacking Iran directly/militarily is the threat. But such escalation has very serious downsides - and has been warned against by the Pentagon. Proxy attacks by US allies in the region are even more dangerous to broader US interests.

What the wha?

More like 'Moderate Pirates' armed with torpedo

The sunk one is Marshal Islands-flagged Front Altair. The one attacked off cost of Fujairah is Frontline (Norway).

Torpedoes can be released from an aircraft ! Airborne Pirates ? Maybe it was released from a drone !

This is happening near the Strait of Hormuz. There is historic evidence that the US have attacked their own fleet and killed their own servicemen to start a war. They did it in Korea

pirates is my guess

pirates do it for ransom money ... that's all they care about ..

Don't worry guys, these tankers have a dozen of watertight compartments and they will keep floating and safely reach their destination because oil is less dense than water.

"Japan’s Trade Ministry says both tankers were carrying "Japan-relatd" cargo at the time of the incident." (Euronews)

US

EU going to be facing some consternation over its ongoing support for Iran as an energy source. Hard for Iran to dodge being suspect #1 as one of its affiliates bound to be involved.
Just happened Houthi missile attack incident on Saudi's and now this.

Euro/Cad weekly cycles continue to point down.

If pests are to continue doing this kind of BS (spilling oil into the sea) sea food shortages might soon become reality.
The ones that give orders for this kind of actions (also any kind of knowingly induced unnecessary explosions which trigger greater burst of energy) should be considered first class enemies of this planet's entire population.
Some of the greatest people of this planet (with support of common people who do see the benefits of cleaner environment) are constantly trying to develop solutions to problems we encounter (and are already partially succeeding)... but these pests continuously stay at the level of mentality that was already obsolete ages ago.

Guys there's no fun in this "strategic" games... they only bring more poison to your tables.
We have to overgrow this kind of mentality.

omfg this shit kicked me out of nice short
this is hilarious thing on trading
you never know what will happen

That makes me, as a Canadian, to go long in my currency.

War is next

Damaged Tank Front Altair Has Sunk In The Gulf of Oman – RTRS Citing IRNA

Pirates doesn't make sense. why bother? I would suspect some party/country who could gain from it.

Sunk already.

Who doesn't like Iran and who wants higher oil prices? The US's big oil trading partner maybe ;-)

Pirates must be trading oil, such a convenient time to make attack

Right, also called war by proxy, have fun with this one...