Oil tanker Elgaia attacked off Oman coast; engine room ablaze, 23 crew evacuated, 2 missing

An attack on a tanker near Oman matters less for this single hull than for what it implies about risk pricing along a key Gulf export corridor. The immediate focus is the two missing crew and the tow to port, but the market question is whether insurers and charterers treat this as an isolated incident or a pattern. Whether similar strikes follow — and how quickly war-risk premiums respond — is the open question.