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Merchant vessels have come under repeated attack in the Strait of Hormuz – which connects the Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and Arabian Sea – and elsewhere in the Middle East since the US and Israel’s war with Iran began in February.<\/p>\n
At least 24 seafarers have been killed in 106 confirmed incidents, according to the UN’s International Maritime Organization.<\/p>\n
The Malta-flagged container ship Safeen Prestige, which was attacked near Oman on 4 March, is the only other vessel reported to have sunk in that time.<\/p>\n
However, maritime risk management group Vanguard said on Wednesday that the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged bulk carrier Cape Dao was reported to be sinking after an unsuccessful rescue attempt, according to Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n
One seafarer was killed when the Cape Dao’s bridge and accommodation area were hit by an unknown projectile as it transited through the Strait of Hormuz, north-east of Khasab, Oman, on 23 September.<\/p>\n
The Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of global oil and gas shipments usually pass, was effectively closed after the start of the Iran war due to Iranian missile and drone attacks on commercial vessels and a US naval blockade of Iranian ports.<\/p>\n
The US and Iran reached a preliminary agreement to end the war and reopen the strait in June, but it collapsed within weeks after Iranian attacks on shipping resumed and the US reinstated its blockade.<\/p>\n
Iran insisted it would not give up some measure of control over the waterway and began targeting vessels using a southern route through Omani waters that avoids its preferred route through Iranian waters.<\/p>\n
To keep exports flowing from Gulf Arab states, the US military has been providing protection for tankers shuttling oil through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
Last month, crude exports through the waterway rose to around 80% of pre-war levels of 16 million barrels per day (bpd) on average, according to analysts from shipping data company Kpler, despite an increase in attacks on shipping.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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