Tension in Hormuz, Container Ship Sinks in Mystery. The Shadow of the Iran-Israel War on the Disaster?
Amid the Iran-Israel crisis, traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and GPS jamming are creating maritime disasters. Oman's Maritime Security Center (MSC), a 24/7 national operations center overseen by the Royal Navy of Oman and coordinated by the Ministry of Defense, reported Saturday morning that a container ship had sunk in the Arabian Sea off the coast of the country.
The MV 'Phoenix 15', registered under the Comoros flag, sank approximately 20 NM southeast of Salalah. All 20 crew members were rescued by the nearby commercial MV 'Gulf Barakah.
— مركز الأمن البحري| MARITIME SECURITY CENTER (@OMAN_MSC) June 21, 2025
MSC said the MV “Phoenix 15,” a 118-meter container ship flying the Comoros flag, “sank approximately 20 nautical miles southeast of Salalah,” adding that “all 20 crew members were rescued by the nearby commercial vessel MV Gulf Barakah.”
The ship-tracking website Marine Traffic showed the Phoenix 15's last position was off the coast of Salalah, near Yemen, in the highly contested waters of the Arabian Sea.
While MSC or other regional authorities have not yet disclosed the cause of the Phoenix 15's sinking, which could have been due to mechanical failure, human error or a possible attack, the incident raises suspicions given its timing, occurring as the conflict between Israel and Iran enters its ninth day and raises concerns about potential threats to regional shipping lanes, such as maritime choke points across the region.
Let us not forget that just a few days ago two oil tankers collided in the Strait of Hormuz and one caught fire, fortunately without any casualties among the crew.
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