Navy's Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said it was aware of the incident and monitoring the situation. Refinitiv data shows the ship has set Dubai as its current destination. "Whilst details regarding the incident remain unclear it remains a realistic possibility that the event was the result of asymmetric activity by Iranian military," Dryad said in a report on the incident. Stamco Ship Management declined to comment when contacted by phone by Reuters. The vessel is managed by Stamco Ship Management, Refinitiv ship tracking data showed. Maritime security firm Dryad Global said the ship was en route to Singapore from Dammam in Saudi Arabia. The incident occurred at 2040 GMT on Thursday, UKMTO said, but it gave no details about a possible cause. We have no idea whether this was an incident that was past of the tensions between Iran and the United States and whether there is a link to the fact the ship’s owner is Israeli," Kan reported Ungar as having said. "There is no damage to the engine, and no casualties among the crew. Israel's Kan broadcaster named the ship's owner as Rami Ungar and quoted him as saying: "The damage is two holes, diameter approximately 1.5 meters, but it is not yet clear to us if this was caused by missile fire or mines that were attached to the ship. defense official told Reuters in Washington that the ship was hit by a blast above the water line that ripped holes in both sides of its hull. It urged vessels in the area to exercise caution. Vessel and crew are safe," the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said in an advisory notice on Friday. The vehicle-carrier ship is owned by a Tel-Aviv based company called Ray Shipping through a company registered in the Isle of Man, according to a U.N. defense official said the blast left holes in both sides of the vessel's hull. An Israeli-owned ship, the MV HELIOS RAY, was hit by an explosion in the Gulf of Oman overnight Thursday and a U.S.
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