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Ambrey: Sounion salvage successfully completed

Sounion

U.K.-based maritime risk consultancy Ambrey has confirmed that the salvage of the MT Sounion has been successfully completed.

As we reported at the time, the 163,000 dwt Greek-flagged Sounion was set ablaze following multiple Houthi attacks that began on August 21, 2024.

Ambrey, which played a key role in the response that followed has released a chronology of the events:

On August 21, 2024 the Greek owned, laden oil tanker MT Sounion was targeted by Houthi militants in the southern Red Sea....

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Sounion salvage tow gets under way

EUNAVFOR ASPIDES supports Sounion salvage

The Greek-owned tanker Sounion, still on fire since being hit in multiple Houthi attacks more than two weeks ago, is at last under tow. The vessel is laden with 150,000 tonnes of crude oil, with any spill threatening to cause an environmental disaster. A prime motivation of the Sounion salvage effort is to head that off

VIDEO: Houthi attack on Sounion threatens an environmental disaster

Today, the European Union’s EUNAVFOR ASPIDES reported that tugboats had connected to the stricken vessel and...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/sounion-salvage-tow-gets-under-way/

VIDEO: Houthi attack on Sounion threatens an environmental disaster

Video has emerged on YouTube showing the 163,000 dwt Greek-flagged tanker Sounion ablaze following multiple Houthi attacks and threatening to cause an environmental disaster.

The U.S. Mission to Yemen issued this statement, August 25:

“The United States is gravely concerned by the Houthis’ attacks against the oil tanker MT Delta Sounion. The Houthis’ continued attacks threaten to spill a million barrels of oil into the Red Sea, an amount four times the size of the Exxon Valdez disaster. While the...

https://www.marinelog.com/legal/safety-and-security/video-houthi-attack-on-sounion-threatens-an-environmental-disaster/