Casualty News
ST NIKOLAS
Date
January 11, 2024
Type
Hijacking
Reports have been received that Marshall Islands flag vessel ST NIKOLAS (81,282gt, built 2011) was hijacked off Sohan, Oman earlier today.
The vessel was boarded by a group of six people dressed in miliary uniforms.
Contact with the vessel has been lost but it is thought the tanker, carrying crude from Iraq, is now headed for Bandar-e-Jask, in Iran.
This latest incident follows several attacks on shipping during heightened tensions in the area, although previous incidents have tended to be around the Red Sea rather than in the Gulf.