UAE evacuates 24 people from oil tanker after collision in Gulf of Oman

In a sea rescue on June 17, the UAE’s Coast Guard successfully evacuated 24 crew members aboard an Antigua Barbuda-flagged oil tanker, officials confirmed on Tuesday.

The United Arab Emirates coast guard of the National Guard said on Tuesday it had evacuated 24 people from the oil tanker Adalynn following a collision between two ships in the Gulf of Oman.

The ship’s crew was evacuated from the incident site, located 24 nautical miles off the country’s coast.

The collision between the two vessels in the sea of Oman, prompted a swift action by the coast guard to secure the safety of those on board.

The emergency response, coordinated by the National Guard, involved deploying search and rescue boats that transported the ship’s crew to the port of Khor Fakkan.

“The ship’s crew was evacuated from the incident site, located 24 nautical miles off the country’s coast, to the Port of Khor Fakkan using search and rescue boats,” the UAE National Guard Command said in a post on X.

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