KhasabA boat crew attached 2 explosives to a tanker, UK monitors say.
Brent crude stood at $113.30 on 29 October.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations centre said, as Turkish state broadcaster TRT World reported, the blasts started an engine-room fire that temporarily disabled the vessel.
The crew is safe, there is no environmental impact, and the tanker sailed on to its next port.
Authorities are investigating, and the report names no suspect or claimant.
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- TRT World
- details the two explosive devices attached above the waterline and the engine-room fire, placing the attack within the US-Iran navigation dispute
Sources: TRT World