The US Navy has seized a ship that was sailing towards Singapore near Sri Lankan waters. The US has seized the ship on suspicion that it had ties to Iran, foreign media reports.
The US Navy seized the ship while it was sailing 700 kilometers southeast of Sri Lanka, the media reports say.
According to Marine Traffic data, the ship is a crude oil tanker with a capacity of nearly 300,000 tons.
This ship, belonging to an Indian shipping company, was also briefly stopped near the Galle port of Sri Lanka on April 18, foreign media reports say.