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An oil tanker of Korean nationality, ‘Korea Chemie’, is being captured by ships belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard in the waters of the Gulf on the 4th (local time). Iran’s state television reported that the revolutionary garrison captured ‘Korean Chemie’ for causing environmental pollution in the Strait of Hormuz. Yunhap news
Since the morning of the 5th, the ship management company of Korea Chemie, a Korean tanker captured in Iran, has been busy with related measures meetings. The company in Haeundae, Busan, had employees from the beginning and was busy. At the countermeasures meeting, it was reported that various countermeasures were prepared in the future along with countermeasures for contact with the lost ship and crew. In particular, through an agency on the Iranian side, the local situation was investigated and future countermeasures were discussed with government-related ministries, such as the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Iranian Embassy.
According to this ship management company, a satellite phone call came from the 17,000 ton tanker Kebi Korea, which was traveling to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at around 3:20 pm on the 4th of our time, to this company of ship management in Busan just before the Iranian Revolutionary Guard seizure. .
At that time, in preparation for an emergency, the Korean captain informed the ship’s management company of the real-time situation and details of the ship’s operation by phone. The Iranian Revolutionary Guard side approached the tanker with a high-speed boat, saying: “I need to inspect the ship, so slow down the ship.”
Iranian soldiers aboard the tanker and gathered the entire crew on deck. He told the Korean captain to “go to the port to investigate” and change the route to Iran. The captain complained that it was “high seas”, but to no avail.
After that, the satellite phone, which the captain communicated in real time, was cut off and the crew’s mobile phone could not connect. All mobile phones are believed to have been confiscated. The ship management company said: “I contacted the sailors of the ships carrying cargo in Saudi Arabia through KakaoTalk, etc.” They cutted me “.
Through the tanker’s closed circuit television (CC), the ship’s management company was able to see all the scenes of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard approaching the tanker in a high-speed boat and arriving at the port of Iran after capture. However, around 9pm on this day, all the screens were suddenly turned off.
Busan = Kwon Kyung-hoon reporter [email protected]
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