US forces board sanctioned vessel in Indian Ocean

U.S. forces overnight conducted an interdiction ​of the sanctioned stateless ‌vessel M/T DAVINA in the Indian Ocean, the Indo-Pacific ​Command said on Friday.

"We ​will continue global maritime enforcement ⁠to disrupt illicit ​networks and interdict vessels providing ​material support to Iran, wherever they operate," it wrote in ​an X post.

Washington has ​imposed a blockade on Iran's trade ‌by ⁠sea while Iran has fired on ships to prevent them sailing through ​the ​Strait of ⁠Hormuz waterway at the entrance to ​the Middle East ​Gulf. ⁠U.S. forces have intercepted multiple commercial and oil tankers ⁠in ​the Indian ​Ocean in recent months.

-Reuters