REUTERS, NOVEMBER 25, 2020 “The Agrari was struck about one meter above the waterline and has suffered a breach,” TMS Tankers said in a statement. LONDON/DUBAI – An explosion damaged a Greek-managed tanker at a Saudi Arabian terminal on the Red Sea just north of the Yemeni border, the ship’s manager said on Wednesday, in an attack confirmed by Saudi …
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Access to decaying Yemen tanker could take weeks risking disaster
REUTERS, OCTOBER 14, 2020 DUBAI (Reuters) – A United Nations team will have to wait several weeks to access a deteriorating tanker off Yemen’s shore that is threatening to spill 1.1 million barrels of crude oil in the Red Sea, two U.N. sources told Reuters. The United Nations has warned that the Safer, stranded since 2015, could spill four times …
Read More »Tanker explosion in Yemen-sea mine or IED attack suspected
PortandTerminal.com, October 9, 2020 ADEN, YEMEN – There are reports that an Aframax tanker, the Maltese flagged SYRA, may have hit a mine off the coast of Yemen on October 3rd. The incident is believed to be an act of sabotage carried out by one of Yemen’s warring groups. A number of suspicious floating objects were reported to have drifted …
Read More »Saudi led forces destroy 2 ‘explosive-laden’ vessels in the Red Sea – Dryad
PortandTerminal.com, July 11, 2020 DUBAI – The Saudi-led military coalition fighting the Houthi group in Yemen has destroyed two explosive-laden boats in the Red Sea on Thursday, the coalition’s spokesperson said. Dryad Global and Al Jezeera are reporting that two remotely controlled boats belonged to Houthi forces were threatening navigation, according to the spokesperson’s statement carried on Saudi state news …
Read More »GUILTY: Shipowner torches own tanker, blames pirates, in $77m fraud case
PortandTerminal.com, October 8, 2019 “Mr Iliopoulos had a motive to want the vessel to be damaged by fire, namely, the making of a fraudulent claim for the total loss of the vessel in the sum of some US$77 million which, if successful, would solve the serious financial difficulties in which he and his companies were at the time.” LONDON, ENGLAND …
Read More »Yemeni Rebels Warn Iran Plans Another Strike Soon (WSJ)
PortandTerminal.com, September 22, 2019 The information has been passed along to the Saudis and the U.S., according to people briefed on the warnings BEIRUT—The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Houthi militants in Yemen have warned foreign diplomats that Iran is preparing a follow-up strike to the missile and drone attack that crippled Saudi Arabia’s oil industry a week ago. …
Read More »Iran is being crushed by sanctions. Is that its reason to attack Saudi Arabia?
PortandTerminal.com, September 20, 2019 WASHINGTON – While Iran has officially denied responsibility for last week’s attacks on Saudi oil facilities, the likelihood of its involvement at some level is probable. Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have the claimed the attacks, are closely aligned with and funded by Iran. It is unlikely that an attack of this sophistication and magnitude could have …
Read More »Saudi Energy Minister – Oil supply back online. Iran responsible for attack. Ok…
PortandTerminal.com, September 17, 2019 Saudi Energy Minister agrees with Mike Pompeo that the drone attacks came from Iran. Production capacity has been restored he says and Aramco’s IPO is moving forward per plan. Well, that’s that then. Move on. Nothing to see here. JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA – Saudi Arabia’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman held a press conference today …
Read More »Are Houthi rebel drones really good enough to have crippled Saudi oil facility?
PortandTerminal.com, September 16, 2019 A strike on a critical Saudi Arabian oil facility is claimed by the Houthi rebels in Yemen. But the US says Iran is behind it. Do the Houthi rebels really have the technological capability to have done it? RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – Last weekend Saudi Arabia’s oil production was cut by half after a swarm of …
Read More »PORT CITY PROFILE: Aden, Yemen
PortandTerminal.com, August 11, 2019 Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed at least 40 people in a missile-and-drone attack Thursday on the government-controlled port city of Aden. Pulverised by airstrikes and tank shells, Yemen’s port city is back in Houthi control. WARNING – THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS DISTURBING VISUALS THAT SOME READERS MAY FIND UPSETTING. ADEN, YEMEN – An airstrike launched by the Houthi …
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