Oil Tanker Collision In Gulf Of Oman Raises Security Concerns In Hormuz Strait(image-X/@olalatech1)
Amidst soaring tension in the Middle East and President Donald Trump’s early exit from the G7 summit, three tankers – a Frontline VLCC and a dark fleet Suezmax tanker – had a collision in the Gulf of Oman off Fujairah in the UAE.
The tanker company had confirmed that the ships involved were the 300,000-dwt crude carrier Front Eagle (built 2020) and the 165,000-dwt Adalynn (built 2002), managed by Oceanpack Ship Management of Dubai. The accident had occurred in the early hours of Tuesday.
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Meanwhile, the UAE National Guard said in a social media post: “The Coast Guard of the National Guard carried out today, Tuesday, June 17, 2025, an evacuation mission involving 24 crew members of the oil tanker Adalynn, following a collision between two ships in the Gulf of Oman.”
“The ship’s crew was evacuated from the incident site, located 24 nautical miles off the country’s coast, to the Port of Khor Fakkan using search and rescue boats,” it added.
The crude oil tanker Adalynn was bound for Egypt’s Suez Canal when the crash occurred.
The British maritime security firm Ambrey hUAad earlier stated that the incident was not security-related as the conflict between Israel and Iran continues in the region.
The Hormuz Strait is a strategic maritime entryway to the Persian Gulf and sees about a fifth of the world’s oil pass through it. In 2024, an average of 20 million barrels of oil traveled through it on a daily basis.
Iran, ever since the escalation of tension with Israel, had threatened to close the strait. Maritime ship experts had said that ships passing through the waterway had increased their security, with some even changing their routes.
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Since the Israel-Iran warfare intensified, the ships had reported that they saw spotty navigation signals and had to rely more on radar. However, it wasn’t immediately clear what the reason for the incident was.
According to a Financial Times report, Frontline had said it would turn down all contracts to sail into the Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz due to the rising tension.
