Posts Tagged ‘tanker’

Greek tanker cleared of suspicion for oil spill that polluted Israel’s beaches

The Environmental Protection Ministry announced Sunday that it had absolved a Greek oil tanker suspected of responsibility for the oil leak that has contaminated Israel’s Mediterranean coast with tons of sticky, black tar. Investigators flew to Greece and checked over the Minerva Helen on Saturday, which is docked at the port of Piraus. A ministry […]

Satellite images show devastation from fuel tanker blast on Afghan-Iran border

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Fuel tanker blast causes massive fire at Afghan-Iran border

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“Powerful Enough To Be Spotted From Space”: Fuel Tanker Convoy Explodes At Afghan-Iran Border

According to the Associated Press, “Two explosions at the border crossing were powerful enough to be spotted from space by NASA satellites. One blast erupted around 1:10 p.m. Afghan time (0840 GMT), the next around a half hour later at 1:42 p.m. local (0912 GMT).” Video of the massive fuel tanker explosion today on the […]

Iranian tanker is seized due to technical reason

TEHRAN – Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said on Monday that Iran is “waiting for more reports from the Indonesian government on the seizure of the Iranian oil tanker.” In his weekly press conference, Khatibzadeh said the seizure of Iranian tanker “is a technical issue and there have been such incidents […]

Iran Seizes South Korean Oil Tanker after Seoul Refuses to issue Payment of $6 Billion

Tehran authorities forced the Hankuk Chemi tanker, sailing under South Korean flag, to dock in Iran last week, suspecting the vessel of contaminating local waters. At the same time, the Islamic republic rejected accusations that it was holding the ship “hostage”. Iran’s seizure of the South Korean-flagged Hankuk Chemi tanker was not a provocation aimed […]

South Korea Delegation Heads to Iran to Seek Release of Seized Tanker: Yonhap

A South Korean-flagged tanker vessel which was seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards is seen in Gulf waters, Iran January 4, 2021. Photo: IRGC/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS. A South Korean delegation is heading to Iran on Wednesday to seek the release of a chemicals tanker and its 20-member crew seized in Gulf waters […]

South Korean tanker was boarded by armed Iran Guard forces

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Iran seizes South Korean oil tanker in Gulf; Seoul dispatches forces

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Iraq dismantles mine on tanker in Persian Gulf

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s military on Saturday said explosives experts with its naval forces successfully dismantled a mine that was discovered stuck to an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf two days earlier. The statement said Iraqi authorities have opened an investigation into the incident. No group has claimed responsibility for placing the mine. The announcement […]

CURSE OF SAUDIS: TANKER EXPLOSIONS AND OTHER UNFORTUNATE EVENTS

South Front [embedded content] A series of unfortunate events linked to the Saudi invasion in Yemen continues to pursue the Kingdom. On December 14, an explosion hit the Singapore-flagged BW Rhine, a chemical tanker hauling gasoline, off the Saudi port city of Jeddah, which is also known as the distribution center for oil giant Saudi […]

Mine explodes, damaging oil tanker off Saudi Arabia

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Third Iranian Tanker Docks at Venezuelan Port, Maduro Promises Fuel Supply

By Staff, Agencies The final tanker in a flotilla of three Iranian fuel tankers docked at eastern Venezuela’s Guaraguao port on Sunday, Refinitiv Eikon data and a person familiar with the matter reported, as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro promised to normalize fuel supply in the gasoline-starved country. The three tankers, which began arriving last week, […]

First tanker to load crude at Libya’s Hariga port since January blockade

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Saudi oil tanker hit by Houthi rebels in Red Sea

Yemen’s Houthis have meanwhile stated that their naval forces targeted “a Saudi-led coalition warship,” Reuters reports. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source Article from https://www.rt.com/news/423061-yemen-saudi-oil-tanker-hit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

Funeral procession of 3 tanker sailors held in Tehran

IRNA – Bodies of three Iranian sailors killed last January in a tanker incident in China’s East Sea were laid to rest following a funeral procession in Tehran on Friday. National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) announced on Thursday that the funeral procession of the three Iranian sailors Majid Naqian, Mohammad Kavosi and Milad Aravi was […]

Iran receives black box data of doomed oil tanker: Official

Tasnim– The black box data of the Iranian oil tanker “Sanchi” that sank in the East China Sea earlier this month after burning for eight days was delivered to Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization, the deputy head of the organization announced on Monday. Hadi Haqshenas said the data of the black boxes of Sanchi and […]

East China Sea: Worst Tanker Oil Spill in Decades

East China Sea: Worst Tanker Oil Spill in Decades January 26th, 2018 Via: Reuters: The worst tanker oil spill in decades is unfolding across hundreds of miles of the East China Sea after an Iranian oil tanker carrying more than 100,000 tonnes of toxic […]

Massive blaze after train collides with gas tanker in Canada (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)

The fire in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia occurred when a train collided with a fuel truck near the yard’s northern entrance, a spokesperson for Canadian Pacific Railway said, as cited by the Vancouver Sun.  Nearby homes were evacuated as local fire crews worked to extinguish the blaze. “We have evacuated the immediate area,” said Cpl. […]

Expert plays down Iran oil tanker’s impact on marine life

“Those waters have been so denuded over the last three decades that fishermen normally bypass the area and go further afield for a bigger catch,” He Pemin of Shanghai Ocean University wrote on the Bloomberg news website. On Friday, Chinese officials said the tanker might be leaking heavy bunker fuel and light oil and that […]

Collision of Chinese ship with Iranian oil tanker ambiguous: Expert

Mahmoud Khaqani says following the oil tanker’s recent collision in East China, which led to the deaths of all its 32 crew members, the Chinese and those who arrived in the area were very worried about the danger of water pollution. “They did their utmost in controlling and shutting down the fire, but when realized […]

Iran dismisses media claims on destination of sunken oil tanker

FNA- Iran’s foreign ministry categorically dismissed media reports claiming that the Iranian oil tanker which sank after colliding with another vessel in the East China Sea was heading to North Korea, stressing that the vessel was heading to South Korea. “As it was declared since the start of the bitter incident, the destination of the […]

No survivors as Iranian oil tanker exploded and sank off China’s coast

nsnbc : A burning Iranian oil tanker exploded and sank after more than a week listing off the coast of China. An Iranian official […]

Zarif extends condolences over Iran tanker crew’s deaths

IRNA – Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs issued a condolence message on Sunday to the families of the crew of the Iranian oil tanker over their passing away. ‘Over past few days, we Iranians were worried about our children trapped in the Sanchi oil tanker thousands of kilometers away from home on the limitless waters,’ […]

Rescue teams will enter stricken Iran tanker after blaze is controlled: NITC

SHANA – Firefighting operations to extinguish a burning Iran oil tanker in the East China Sea has begun and rescue teams will enter the tanker as soon the blaze is controlled, National Iranian Tanker Company says. Spokesman of an emergency committee of the Iranian tanker collision with a Chinese balk freighter, Captain Mohsen Bahrami said […]

5 injured and 10 missing after US destroyer USS John S McCain collides with oil tanker off Singapore – Update: Remains of US sailors found in flooded compartment

     At least 5 sailors have been injured and 10 are missing after a US guided-missile destroyer, the USS John S. McCain, “sustained damage” in collision with a merchant vessel while on a routine port visit to Singapore, the US Navy has said. The vessel arrived at Changi Naval Base in Singapore with significant damage […]

IRGC missile hits Daesh gas tanker

IRNA – The commander of Aerospace Force of the Army of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (IRGC) said on Sunday that one of the missiles hit the target and a gas tank that caused a huge fire. Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said on the June 18 missile attack on Daesh hit the target […]

130+ people burn to death after oil tanker flips & explodes in Pakistan (GRAPHIC)

The authority’s number was reported by CNN. However, other reports place the number of deaths between 125 and 149.  Various estimates also place the number of people injured between 130 and 200. The injured have been taken to two local hospitals, Rescue 1122 Director General Dr. Rizwan Naseer told Geo TV Pakistan. Army helicopters were […]

Sailor Jumps From Deck of Fuel Tanker To Save Stricken Whale

The unusual rescue mission took place after the 220 metre-long (720 feet) Cheikh El Mokrani left port in Skikda, Algeria, and was sailing back into the Mediterranean Sea. In the footage, thought to be from April 19, the silver-coloured whale can be seen caught in a line between the tanker and an orange tug boat. […]

169th OPEC Meeting kicks off in Vienna

Vienna, June 2, IRNA – The 169th (Ordinary) Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Meeting started work here Thursday. To attend the 169th OPEC Meeting, Iranian Petroleum Minister Bijan Zangeneh arrived in the Austrian capital on Wednesday evening. The petroleum ministers of OPEC member states are meeting here today to decide on policies regarding […]

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