All 24 crew of the Palau-flagged MT Marivex are safe, New Delhi’s Shipping Ministry has said.
The merchant vessel MT Marivex was carrying a crew of 24 Indians when it was reportedly targeted near Oman’s Masirah Island.
SOS calls from the crew originated at 1:30 PM local time on Monday, India Today reported.
Some media reports, citing an SOS call by a crew member on board the stricken ship, said the vessel could have been fired upon by the US Navy. RT could not independently verify the reports.
The United States Central Command, under whose area of operations the incident occurred, has not commented.
India’s Shipping Ministry confirmed the incident and acknowledged the 24 crew on board were its citizens. The Indian Embassy in Oman said all crew members have been rescued.
“Based on the preliminary information received, all Indian seafarers are presently safe,” the Shipping Ministry said on Monday evening. “They were rescued by the Omani authorities.”
The ministry said it was coordinating with the Ministry of External Affairs, Indian missions abroad, the Indian Navy, and Ministry of Defense to ensure the crew’s safety.
The Palau-flagged vessel, which was heading to Oman’s Duqm from Karwar in India, was not carrying any cargo, NDTV reported.
The report said the All India Seafarers Union had received a distress call from a Marivex crew member.
According to ship-tracking website Marine Traffic, the 135-foot vessel is an oil/chemical tanker. The website reported the ship’s latest status as “at anchor” in the Arabian Sea.
It looks longer that 135 feet; is that perhaps 135 metres?
If this keeps up, soon the territorial waters off of Oman will be impassable to shipping due to all of the accumulated wrecks at the bottom of that area in the Strait of Hormuz.
I wonder IF the Indian Government will now scrap the agreements with the U.S…
The U.S. Pirate-based Blockade on Free Trade among nations will probably require the actions of two other major nuclear superpowers, namely Russia and China in order to stop the silly shit that is now causing worldwide suffering in real time, and which will start to have it’s full impact in late July 2026.
In the meanwhile, nothing has been done to re-open the Marsden Point Refinery, or to begin pumping oil in New Zealand’s territorial land and waters. The least that could be done is to refine Diesel, Jet-A, LPG, LNG and 95 Octane Petrol to at least keep the country running and energy secure!
Here’s a list of only three people who have expressed concern over New Zealand’s energy sources…
https://petitions.parliament.nz/?Keyword=marsden%20point&lang=en
Here’s the only Parliamentary Petition that is still open for signatures regarding the re-opening of Marsden Point, and a brief description of why this should happen;
https://petitions.parliament.nz/23a3fbae-eda3-467d-0244-08dea0c20f4d?lang=en