The Sounion was attacked by Iran-backed Houthis rebels last month off the coast of Yemen. While its crew was rescued by a French ship, the rebels...
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The United States (US) on Saturday (24/8) warned of a potential environmental disaster in the Red Sea after Houthi rebels attacked an oil tanker off the coast of Yemen. The Greek-flagged Sounion came under attack Wednesday off the rebel-held port city of Hodeida. The Iran-backed Houthis said they had struck the vessel with drones and missiles. The UKMTO maritime agency on Friday (23/8) reported three fires were seen on the ship, while a video released by the Houthis on social media also allegedly showed three explosions on the ship. The 274-meter-long ship had just departed from Iraq and was en route to a port near Athens, carrying a cargo of 150,000 tons of crude oil. “The Houthi offensive has the potential to spill one million barrels of oil into the Red Sea, an amount four times larger than the Exxon Valdez disaster,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement Saturday. The Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989 resulted in 257,000 barrels of oil spilling along the Alaskan coast. “While the crew has been evacuated, the Houthis appear determined to sink the ship and its cargo into the sea,” Miller said. The Sounion's crew, consisting of 23 Filipinos and …
The Sounion was attacked by Iran-backed Houthis rebels last month off the coast of Yemen. While its crew was rescued by a French ship, the rebels...
The Sounion was attacked by Iran-backed Houthis rebels last month off the coast of Yemen. While its crew was rescued by a French ship, the rebels...
The Sounion was attacked by Iran-backed Houthis rebels last month off the coast of Yemen. While its crew was rescued by a French ship, the rebels...
The Greek-owned MV Sounion oil tanker, damaged by Yemen's Houthi fighters, has been safely relocated in the Red Sea with no reported oil spillage....
The Greek-owned MV Sounion oil tanker, damaged by Yemen's Houthi fighters, has been safely relocated in the Red Sea with no reported oil spillage....
The delicate rescue mission aimed to head off a major environmental disaster after the oil tanker was attacked by Houthi rebels off the coast of Yemen...
The delicate rescue mission aimed to head off a major environmental disaster after the oil tanker was attacked by Houthi rebels off the coast of Yemen...
The towing of the Greek-owned oil tanker MV Sounion, which was attacked in the Red Sea by the Houthis in late August, began on Saturday.
The towing of the Greek-owned oil tanker MV Sounion, which was attacked in the Red Sea by the Houthis in late August, began on Saturday.
The Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion that was hit by Yemen’s Houthi rebels and set ablaze for weeks was towed to safety without any oil spill, the...