The chief engineer died when an unknown projectile hit the engine room of the Minoan Dignity, a 76,801 dwt Liberia-flagged panamax bulk carrier, yesterday evening while about five nautical miles off Oman. Two helicopter evacuation attempts failed, and the Omani Coast Guard is expected to assist. The 2004-built vessel, registered to Asante Management Co and managed by Athens-based Modion Maritime Management, was struck as Iranian state-linked media claimed a UAE-owned tanker had been detained near Qeshm Island. Fars News Agency did not name the vessel, owner or cargo, and neither Tehran nor Abu Dhabi has confirmed the incident.
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This is the first reported seafarer fatality in the series of Hormuz vessel strikes that began with the ADNOC tanker attacks.
