Marine engineer Boskalis hired to salvage Gulf of Oman tankers

Dutch marine engineer Boskalis on Friday said it had has been appointed to salvage both tankers that were hit on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman in a suspected attack.

Boskalis said the condition of the Front Altair tanker, carrying a cargo of naphtha, was still worrying, while the methanol carrying Kokuka Courageous was in a stable condition.