A hijack signal sent from a Panama-flagged petroleum products tanker in the Stait of Hormuz, off Iran, was a false alarm, Ambrey said on 21 May.
As reported by Reuters, Ambrey first reported the incident south of the busy Strait of Hormuz shipping lane on Tuesday without naming the “UAE-linked” vessel. It said it took place some 51 nautical miles northwest of the Iranian port of Bandar-e Jask.
It dubbed the incident a “false hijack distress call” on 21 May, adding that it “understands that the vessel had previously conducted similar actions”.
Ambrey said it believed the vessel was part of a “shadow fleet” of tankers used by Iran, noting a sister ship was on a sanctions list issued by the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), Reuters concludes.
