(Bloomberg) -- An oil-product tanker capsized off the coast of Oman’s port of Duqm, the country’s Maritime Security Centre said on social media platform X.
The Comoros-flagged Prestige Falcon had a 16-member crew — 13 from India and three from Sri Lanka — and search and rescue operations to locate missing seafarers are underway. The incident happened 25 nautical miles southeast of Ras Madrakah on Monday.
An official at Oman’s Maritime Security Center declined to say whether the incident has caused an oil spill. It was unclear from ship tracking data whether the vessel was laden at the time.
The Prestige Falcon is owned by United Arab Emirates-based Netco FZE, according to the Equasis marine database. Calls to Netco went unanswered.
The ship was a relatively small vessel, with a deadweight tonnage of about 7,000 tons, according to Equasis. In comparison, giant supertankers are almost 40 times larger.
The Prestige Falcon’s last port of call was the Hamriyah Oil Terminal in the UAE, according to Kpler data.
--With assistance from Kateryna Kadabashy and Alex Longley.
(Updates with details of crew in the second paragraph.)
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