🔻UK Maritime Trade Operations agency: an oil tanker hit in the Strait of Hormuz

The UK Maritime Trade Operations agency said on Friday that an oil tanker was hit by a projectile while it was on its way out of the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in a minor fire and a loss of power on the vessel.

The agency also said that the fire had been brought under control and that no reports of damage to the crew or the environment as a result of the incident had been reported.