Another freighter just vanished into the world\u2019s most nervous chokepoint. Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said a container ship carrying more than 2,500 boxes caught fire and sank after striking a naval mine in the southern Strait of Hormuz \u2014 a vessel maritime sources identify as the Singapore-flagged GFS Pride.<\/p>\n
The Independent reported Wednesday that maritime security sources confirmed the GFS Pride had sunk. Iran\u2019s Guards said the ship was on an \u201cunauthorised and dangerous\u201d route. Pakistan\u2019s Hydrographer issued a navigational warning: commercial vessel GFS PRIDE reported sunk with floating containers; mariners cautioned. UAE-based manager GFS Ship Management FZE could not immediately be reached.<\/p>\n
UKMTO separately received a report of a container ship struck by an unknown projectile; it\u2019s unclear if that matches the same incident. A second vessel, the Antigua and Barbuda-flagged Cape Dao \u2014 hit by a projectile Sept. 23 \u2014 was also reported sinking after a failed rescue attempt, per British maritime risk group Vanguard.<\/p>\n
CentCom, for its part, rejected Iranian claims of control over the strait on Tuesday, saying U.S. forces and partners helped move more than 19 million barrels of crude through it the day before. Trump says he\u2019ll decide on Iran \u201cvery soon.\u201d Oil markets are already living on a knife edge. Floating containers in Hormuz don\u2019t help.<\/p>\n