If you’ve noticed shipping delays, odd price jumps on groceries, or news about tankers getting hit in the Gulf, this is why. Every time a vessel is struck near these waters, it adds a little more risk, and cost, to the ships that bring goods through to Kuwait’s ports.
The latest incident happened off the coast of Oman, where an Indian-flagged vessel was hit by an unidentified aerial object. One crew member died. Thirteen others got out safely. It’s the kind of news that might feel far away, but Kuwait sits right in the middle of this shipping route, and a large share of the seafarers working these waters are Indian nationals, many with family or friends living and working here in Kuwait.
- The vessel MSV AL JUSUFI, carrying 14 Indian seafarers, was struck by an unidentified aerial object near Oman’s coast on 2 November.
- One seafarer, named by India’s Shipping Minister as Gandhar Nahim Ajij from Gujarat, died from his injuries.
- The other 13 crew members evacuated safely and were rescued by the Omani Coast Guard.
- It’s the second such incident in days, after a Marshall Islands-flagged LNG carrier with six Indian crew was hit by a projectile in the Persian Gulf on 30 October.
What happened to the ship near Oman
India’s Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, confirmed the incident in a post on X on Tuesday. He said the MSV AL JUSUFI was navigating near the Omani coast on Monday, 2 November, when it was struck by an object that hasn’t been identified.
All 14 crew members on board were Indian. Thirteen managed to evacuate safely and were picked up by the Omani Coast Guard. The fourteenth, Gandhar Nahim Ajij, a seafarer from Gujarat, died from his injuries. Sonowal called his death a cause of
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