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  "id": "riti-crew-rescue",
  "edition_date": "2026-11-01",
  "section": "Commodities",
  "kicker": "Strait of Hormuz",
  "headline": "Oman Rescues Crew From Burning RITI Tanker",
  "deck": "Oman says it evacuated 25 crew from the Panama-flagged crude tanker RITI in the Strait of Hormuz as Iran reported other tanker incidents.",
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  "timestamp": "11:55 UTC",
  "next_update_utc": "14:00",
  "revision": 1,
  "topics": [
    "strait-of-hormuz",
    "maritime-security",
    "shipping",
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  "previous_coverage": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-31",
      "slug": "hormuz-fourth-tanker"
    }
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    "Oman’s Maritime Security Centre said it evacuated 25 people from the burning crude tanker RITI in the Strait of Hormuz. [E1] [E2]",
    "Oman said RITI was flying the Panamanian flag, while MarineTraffic identified it as a crude oil tanker. Oman’s statement said the vessel had been targeted and caught fire, and that the crew received medical care. [E3] [E7] [E8]",
    "Iran said four tankers attempting to use routes it calls unauthorised were halted. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said two of those vessels, in the eastern and western parts of the strait, had encountered incidents and stopped in waters south of it. [E4] [E5]",
    "Hours later, the IRGC said two more tankers, each carrying more than 2 million barrels of oil, exploded and caught fire after hitting mines while using an unauthorised route. [E6]"
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      "label": "Tankers Iran says halted",
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    },
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      "label": "Claimed cargo per tanker is over",
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        "raw_excerpt": "The Omani Maritime Security Centre said in a statement on Friday that it had evacuated the people on board the RITI merchant ship.",
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        "raw_excerpt": "The incident came as Iran said four tankers attempting to use “unauthorised routes” to cross the Strait of Hormuz were halted.",
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      "fragment": "“Two offending oil tankers, one in the eastern part and the other in the western part of the Strait of Hormuz, which were attempting to pass through the unauthorised route, encountered incidents and were brought to a halt in the waters south of the strait,” the IRGC said in a statement on Friday.",
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        "raw_excerpt": "“Two offending oil tankers, one in the eastern part and the other in the western part of the Strait of Hormuz, which were attempting to pass through the unauthorised route, encountered incidents and were brought to a halt in the waters south of the strait,” the IRGC said in a statement on Friday.",
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      "fragment": "Hours later, the IRGC said two more tankers – each carrying more than two million barrels of oil – “exploded and caught fire” as a result of hitting mines while attempting to pass through an “unauthorised route”.",
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        "raw_excerpt": "Hours later, the IRGC said two more tankers – each carrying more than two million barrels of oil – “exploded and caught fire” as a result of hitting mines while attempting to pass through an “unauthorised route”.",
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      "source": "straitstimes.com",
      "fragment": "Muscat’s navy “carried out an evacuation operation for 25 crew members of the merchant ship RITI, flying the Panamanian flag, after it was targeted, which led to a fire breaking out on board”, Oman’s Maritime Security Centre said in a statement.",
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        "raw_excerpt": "Muscat’s navy “carried out an evacuation operation for 25 crew members of the merchant ship RITI, flying the Panamanian flag, after it was targeted, which led to a fire breaking out on board”, Oman’s Maritime Security Centre said in a statement.",
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      "fragment": "The crew members were provided with medical care, the Omani statement said, without giving details.",
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