The Houthis yesterday released footage of a group of militants boarding the Greek Sounion oil tanker in the Red Sea and detonating explosives. The dramatic video shows multiple explosives being laid across the ship. The Delta Tankers suezmax was attacked nine days ago, with its crew evacuating....
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Iran’s mission to the United Nations said yesterday that the Houthis in Yemen will allow salvage teams to head to the badly damaged Sounion suezmax tanker in the Red Sea, and let it be towed. The ship was attacked multiple times by the Houthis in international waters between Yemen and Eritrea eight...
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The Sounion suezmax, the ship that risks becoming the worst tanker spill this century, remains on fire and may be leaking oil, according to the US Department of Defense. The ship was attacked multiple times by the Houthis in international waters between Yemen and Eritrea last Wednesday. The ship,...
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Naval operations working for the European Union have given an update this morning from the Red Sea on the state of the blaze onboard the laden Sounion, a suezmax attacked multiple times last Wednesday by the Houthis, which risks becoming the worst tanker spill of the 21st century. The ship, owned...
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The Sounion suezmax, badly damaged and abandoned following multiple attacks by the Houthis on Wednesday, is carrying four times as much oil as the Exxon Valdez, arguably tanker shipping’s most famous casualty. The European Union’s naval taskforce in the Middle East has stated the Delta Tankers...
After the Panama-flagged bulk carrier SW North Wind I was attacked several times on Wednesday, the vessel came under fire again on Thursday morning. According to security firm Vanguard, the 55,989 dwt bulk carrier came under attack four separate times in a short period in the Gulf of Aden and the...
EU naval operation Aspides has stated that a French destroyer rescued all the crew from the badly damaged Sounion suezmax that was attacked in the Red Sea four times yesterday. The Delta Tankers owned and managed tanker, was attacked 77 nautical miles west of Hodeidah, Yemen, in the early hours of...
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Tomini has begun the process of bringing the management of its vessels in-house. The Dubai-based dry bulk shipowner has scrapped its commercial management agreement with Denmark’s Alpina Chartering and expects the shift of vessels to the new management structure to take place over the coming year....
Greece’s Delta Tankers’ refusal to avoid the Red Sea has seen a third ship in its fleet come under attack today, the first confirmed Houthi strikes in eight days. According to security firm Vanguard, the tanker Sounion, owned and managed by Delta Tankers, was attacked 77 nautical miles west of...
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Folk Maritime, the Saudi liner established this February, is being linked to its first vessel purchase. Previously using chartered in tonnage for its three services, brokers now report Folk Maritime has bought the 2023-built Vega Daytona from Germany’s Vega Rederei, paying $33m for the 1,868 teu...