Tag: oil tanker
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Belgium seizes Russian oil-tanker
Belgium has seized a Russian oil “Shadow Fleet” tanker outside its coast with the help of the French navy. The ship was escorted to the port of Zeebrugge in Bruges. This is the first Russian vessel seized by Belgium and the second vessel seized in Europe this year over sanctioned-oil trading after France seize the…
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Russian oil-tanker damaged by explosion off the Libyan coast
A Greek-owned oil-tanker loaded with one million barrels of oil called Vilamoura was damaged as its engine room exploded while it was traveling outside the Libyan coast. Bloomberg is reporting that the ship travelled to the Russian port of Ust-Luga before traveling to Libya. The Greek press is reporting that the ship is being towed…
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Finland seizes Russian oil tanker “Eagle S” that cut undersea cables
Finland has seized the Russian oil-tanker “Eagle S” after it dragged its anchor onto the undersea water cable, Estlink-5. The tanker has been towed to Porvoo where Finnish authorities will conduct their investigations onboard the ship. This is the second case of a ship cutting European undersea water cables with the recent incident involving the…
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The MV Sounion carried one million barrels of oil
The Greek owned MV Sounion that was blown up the Houthi terrorists earlier this week was carrying one million barrels of oil. The ship also refused European naval escorts because it regularly broke sanctions and sold Russian oil. The ship was hit by rockets and gunfire earlier this week before its crew members, mostly Filipinos were…
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The Houthis blow up a 150,000 tonnes Greek oil tanker in the Red Sea
Yesterday, the Houthis in Yemen blew up a 150,000 tonnes Greek oil tanker in the Red Sea. The Sounion was laden with oil from Iraq and was heading to Greece before it was attacked y Houthi rebels. An EU naval mission successfully evacuated 25 crew-members from the ship after it was hit four rockets and…