Iraq has deployed its maritime control, search, and rescue teams to locate two Bolivian-flagged ships that went missing in the Persian Gulf. The vessels, named Bridge 1 and Bridge 2, lost all communication, prompting Iraqi authorities to begin coordinated search operations, according to the Iraqi News Agency (INA).

The General Company for Ports of Iraq stated that security authorities from several Gulf ports and the ships’ owners contacted Iraqi officials after losing contact with the vessels. The company confirmed that neither ship entered Iraqi territorial waters and that no distress signals were received from their crews. Port authorities said they currently have no information about the ships’ exact locations.

Iraq emphasized that tracking efforts are continuing through satellite monitoring in close coordination with regional search and rescue administrations to determine the ships’ positions.