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An outbound cargo ship had been fired upon approximately 8 nautical miles west of Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said in a statement on Wednesday.
The second such incident in roughly three hours, with the vessel stopped in the water, crew safe and accounted for, and no reported damage to the ship.
The UKMTO report, sourced from the vessel's Company Security Officer, stated:
"UKMTO has received a report of an incident 8NM west of Iran. A master of an outbound cargo ship reports having been fired upon and is now stopped in the water. The crew is safe and accounted for. There is no reported damage to the vessel."
UKMTO added that it was "aware of high levels of activity in the SoH area and encourages vessels to report any suspicious activity."
This warning follows an earlier Wednesday morning UKMTO report of a separate Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) gunboat attack on a container ship approximately 15 nautical miles northeast of Oman, the first confirmed incident in which the IRGC fired on a commercial vessel without issuing a radio warning, causing heavy damage to the ship's bridge.
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