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Three fires raged on a Greek-flagged oil tanker within the Pink Sea, British maritime buying and selling firm United Kingdom Maritime Commerce Operations stated on Friday, a day after rescue staff evacuated the crew following an assault by Yemeni Houthi militants.
The Houthis, who’re allied with Iran and management most of Yemen’s populated areas, stated on Thursday they’d attacked the oil tanker Sounion as a part of their 10-month marketing campaign towards business delivery supporting the Palestinians within the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
The Houthis first broken the tanker on Wednesday with repeated assaults that prompted a hearth and lack of engine energy. A European warship later rescued its crew of 25. The unmanned vessel was anchored between Yemen and Eritrea, a maritime safety supply advised Reuters on Thursday.
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UKMTO stated in an announcement on Friday that it had obtained experiences of three fires on the vessel, which “seems to be floating.” Later within the day, the Houthis posted a video on social media that they stated seemed to be setting the tanker on hearth.
The broken tanker, carrying 150,000 tonnes of crude oil, poses a danger to the setting, in accordance with Aspides, an EU naval mission within the Pink Sea.
“A attainable oil spill may have disastrous penalties for the marine setting within the area,” the Djibouti Ports & Free Zones Authority stated in a publish on the social media website X on Friday.
In keeping with the Worldwide Tanker Homeowners Air pollution Federation, the biggest recorded oil spill from a ship occurred in 1979, when roughly 287,000 tons of oil escaped from the Atlantic Empress after the ship collided with one other oil tanker throughout a storm within the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Tobago.
The Sounion was the third ship of Athens-based Delta Tankers to be attacked by the Houthis this month.
The Houthis stated they attacked the tanker partly as a result of Delta Tankers had violated a ban on “entry into the ports of occupied Palestine,” Yahya Saree, the Houthis’ navy spokesman, stated in a televised speech.
“Delta Tankers is doing all the things attainable to maneuver the vessel (and its cargo). For security causes, we’re unable to remark additional,” the corporate stated in an announcement on Friday.
Fires noticed on board Greek tanker in Pink Sea, maritime company says
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