FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces disabled the steering gear of the Panama-flagged cargo vessel Vela Nova after it attempted to transit the Gulf of Oman towards an Iranian port in violation of the US blockade, CENTCOM said. To remind, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported an incident involving a containership and military forces in the Gulf of Oman on 11 August. Initial reports indicated that the vessel may have been struck by a missile off the coast of Pakistan, identifying it as the Panama-flagged Vela Nova. RelatedNews Houthi attack on vessel near Bab el-Mandeb kills four crew members New incident involving containership and military forces in Gulf of Oman var jnews_module_21379846_0_6a7c4534d19b2 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21379846","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"2594,280,131","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_