
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that a container ship passing through a dangerous route in the Strait of Hormuz hit a mine and sank.
Iranian Revolutionary Guards reported that a ship carrying more than 2,500 containers and passing through a dangerous route in the Strait of Hormuz hit a mine and sank.
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The Strait of Hormuz is a critical transit point for global oil and container shipping.
Container ship sank in the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps stated that the container ship, which was trying to pass through an unauthorized and extremely dangerous route in the Strait of Hormuz, hit a mine and a fire broke out on the ship.
Revolutionary Guards reported that the ship carrying more than 2,500 containers sank in the morning. The Revolutionary Guard did not provide information about the name and flag of the ship.
The Revolutionary Guards warned other ships about the containers falling into the sea and asked them to take maximum care and precautions while navigating in the region to avoid collisions with containers.
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