Security Firms Say ‘Suspicious Object’ Found on Oil Tanker Off Iraq

Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz on Dec. 21, 2018. Hamad I Mohammed/ via Reuters

Maritime security companies said a suspicious object—possibly a type of mine—was discovered on an oil tanker off the coast of Iraq.

According to Dryad Global, one of the firms, crew members on the Liberian-flagged MT Pola “identified the presence of a suspicious object attached to the [MT Pola’s] hull whilst conducting StS 6nm South Al Bakr Terminal offshore Iraq” in the Persian Gulf.