New Delhi, Aug. 11 -- 15 UTC, UKMTO said in its statement, without identifying the vessel, the military forces involved, or the nature of the event.

"UKMTO have received a report of an incident involving a container ship and military forces in the Gulf of Oman," the statement read. The agency advised vessels in the region to take current maritime security information into account and monitor the situation closely, adding that authorities were aware of the incident and had begun an investigation. UKMTO did not say whether the ship had come under fire, been boarded, or suffered damage.

The location, southeast of Gwadar, places the incident in a stretch of the Gulf of Oman that sits between the Pakistani coast and the international shippin...