A ship explodes as attacks on the Red Sea Mount in the Saudi Arabian port of Jeddah.
Although there were no casualties in Monday’s incident, it came within three weeks of the oil tanker’s presence The Saudi terminal in Shukai, south of Jeddah, was damaged in the attack.
The tanker, PW Rhine, carrying the refined goods, was attacked by an outside source as it was leaving Jetta at 12:40 a.m. local time on Monday. Statement by its owner Hafnia. The Singapore-flagged ship immediately halted all evacuation operations and extinguished the fire without any injuries to 22 crew.
“Some oil may have escaped from the ship,” the report said. “But this has not been confirmed and indicates that the oil levels on the ship are currently at pre-incident levels.”
Brent crude was up 1.2% at $ 50.56 a barrel in Singapore at 3:01 p.m.
According to Bloomberg-compiled shipping surveillance data, PW Rhine loaded petrol at the Saudi port of Yanbu on December 8 before heading south to Jeddah.
The United Kingdom Marine Trade Operations, which is affiliated with the British Navy, said Sunday that a ship had been hit, but did not name it or specify the time. It advised ships in that part of the Red Sea to be “extremely vigilant.”
Spokesmen for the Saudi Ports Authority and the Kingdom Energy Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
TankerTrackers.com tweeted that the ship Al Amal al-Saudi collided while carrying bunker fuel, which usually powers ships and aircraft. It Said later According to new information, the BW Rhine is probably the most attacked ship.
Houth The Attacks
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have previously used sea tunnels to attack ships in the Saudi Arabian Sea. Houthis backed by Iran Fighting with the United Nations-backed government in Yemen since 2014. A year later a Saudi-led coalition on the government side intervened.
Two days before the Shukai eruption, the Houthis a Missile attack on Saudi Aramco fuel depot in Jeddah, about 370 miles (595 kilometers) from the Yemeni border. No casualties were reported during the strike.
– With the help of Shaji Mathew, Anthony de Paola, and Noorhan Abusamra
(Updates with ship tracking details in the third column)