The U.S. Fifth Fleet said two oil tankers were damaged in an incident near the Strait of Hormuz - suspected attack. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-13/oil-tanker-on-fire-in-sea-of-oman-u-k-body-starts-probe The U.S. Fifth Fleet said two oil tankers were damaged in an incident near the Strait of Hormuz that one of the ships’ operators described as a suspected attack. Oil prices surged. The incident will inflame already-rising political tensions in the region weeks after four vessels, including two Saudi oil tankers, were sabotaged in what the U.S. said was an Iranian attack using naval mines. Tehran denied the charge. The manager of tanker Kokuka Courageous, which was sailing from Saudi Arabia to Singapore with a cargo of methanol, said the vessel “has been damaged as a result of the suspected attack.” “The hull has been breached above the water line on the starboard side,” Bernhard Schulte GmbH & Co KG said in a statement on its website. “All crew are reported safe and only one minor injury reported.” https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1139836/Oman-oil-tankers-gulf-of-oman-iran-pakistan-explosions-crude-oil There were explosions and fires on the Front Altair and Kokuka Courageous and the crews were evacuated, according to reports. The UK Maritime Trade Operations, which is part of the Royal Navy, earlier warned of an unspecified incident and urged “extreme caution”. Meanwhile Iranian media claimed two oil tankers had been targeted in the area. The US Navy’s Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said their forces are assisting tankers after receiving two distress calls. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-oman-incident-explosions-heard-16510326 A huge oil tanker has reportedly been torpedoed in an attack off the coast of Iran. A second tanker was said to have been targeted by a magnetic mine. According to Pakistani media, the tankers - said to be carrying crude oil - had sent distress signals. The Kokuka Courageous  was reportedly targeted by a magnetic mine. Crew members were forced to evacuate the Front Altair during the attack. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-tanker-frontline-frontaltair/frontline-spokesman-denies-irna-report-that-front-altair-has-sunk-idUSKCN1TE19H Frontline’s oil tanker Front Altair is still afloat in the Gulf of Oman, a spokesman for the firm said, denying an earlier report by the Iranian news agency IRNA.