The ship continued her sailing but several hours later turned back, and as of 1200 UTC Feb 26, is heading towards Persian Gulf. Car carrier HELIOS RAY reportedly suffered explosion on board in Gulf of Oman at night Feb 25, while en route from Dammam Saudi Arabia to Singapore. Ship Owners, Operators, and Masters are advised to follow guidance in accordance with BMP 5 and national authorities and review the guidance and responses contained within the IMSC Bridge Cards. A mysterious explosion struck the Israeli owned M V Helios Ray as she was sailing out of the middle east and was on its way to Singaport to deliver vehicles. 26, 2021 at 13:28 by Mikhail Voytenko in Maritime Security. The vessel is en route to the port of Buenaventura. Masters are encouraged to report incidents to IMSC via UKMTO. The current position of HELIOS RAY is at coordinates 45.2526 N / 156.928 E, reported in 3 hours by AIS. Local and international media periodically report that Arab coalition forces have intercepted and destroyed land-based Houthi missiles fired from Yemen toward Saudi Arabia. Within this MODERATE Yemen threat zone, the main risk is criminal in nature as well as mis-calculation by local Houthi elements. ISWNews Analysis Group: The incident took place last night at 23:00 on the Bahamas-flagged MV Helios Ray, which was moving a cargo from the port of Dammam. Meanwhile, the threat within the Red Sea and Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (BAM) also remains unchanged for IMSC flagged vessels at LOW-MODERATE based on significant Houthi-Saudi Arabia kinetic engagements largely outside of the maritime environment, with the higher evaluation being for areas within 100nm of the Yemen coast or outside the Traffic Separation Scheme. Of note, MV HELIOS RAY’s ship manager and ship owner have address locations in Israel.ĭue to this explosion and the seizure of M/T HANKUK CHEMI in January 2021, the threat within the Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman remains unchanged at LOW-MODERATE for IMSC flagged vessels. Israeli media has run reports saying the assessment in Israel is that Iran was behind the blast.The cause of the HELIOS RAY explosion is under investigation, but analysts speculate the damage is consistent with limpet mines based on the similarity to the damage suffered by MV KOKUKA COURAGEOUS during an Iranian limpet mine attack in June 2019. This picture taken on Februshows a view of the Israeli-owned Bahamian-flagged MV Helios Ray cargo ship docked in Dubai's Mina Rashid (Port Rashid) cruise terminal. Iranian authorities have not publicly commented on the ship. Tehran is Israel’s greatest enemy, and we are striking it everywhere in the region, says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of reported airstrikes on Iranian targets in Syria, two days after explosions in the Gulf of Oman rocked the MV Helios Ray. The blast hit as the ship was sailing from the Saudi port Dammam out of the Gulf of Oman, forcing it to turn to Dubai for inspection. The Helios Ray had discharged cars at various ports in the Persian Gulf before making its way out of the Middle East toward Singapore. Tehran denied any role in the suspected assaults, which happened near the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil choke point. Increasingly Iran is also becoming fearful of improving relations between Israel and the Gulf states. Tensions between Israel and Iran remain fraught, especially in light of increased signs of rapprochement between Iran and the Biden administration. The blast on the ship on Friday recalled a string of attacks on foreign oil tankers in 2019 the US Navy blamed on Iran. The MV HELIOS RAY is owned by HELIOS Ltd an Israeli company registered in the Isle of Man. Iran has sought to pressure President Joe Biden's administration to grant the sanctions relief it received under the accord with world powers that former president Donald Trump abandoned. The ship has been damaged by an unexplained blast at the. It remains unclear what caused the blast but the incident comes amid sharply rising tension between the US and Iran over its unravelling 2015 nuclear deal. The Israeli-owned cargo ship, Helios Ray, sits docked in port after arriving earlier in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Feb. Although the crew was unharmed in the blast the vessel sustained two holes on its port side and two on its starboard side just above the waterline, according to American defence officials. Satellite-tracking data from website showed the Helios Ray had been close to the Arabian Sea around 6am on Friday before it suddenly turned around and began heading back toward. Dryad Global, a maritime intelligence firm, identified the stricken vessel as the MV Helios Ray, a Bahamian-flagged roll-on, roll-off vehicle cargo ship. An Israeli-owned cargo ship that suffered a mysterious explosion in the Gulf of Oman came to Dubai's port for repairs, days after the blast that revived security concerns in Mideast waterways amid heightened tensions with Iran.Īn Associated Press journalist on Sunday saw the Israeli-owned MV Helios Ray sitting at dry dock facilities in Dubai.
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