The Greek-flagged Sounion is carrying 150,000 tonnes of crude oil and a spill has the potential to be among the largest from a ship on recordThe Greek-flagged crude oil tanker Sounion, which was attacked by Yemen’s Houthis last week, is still on fire in the Red Sea and now appears to be leaking oil, the Pentagon has said.The tanker was targeted last week by multiple projectiles off Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah. The Houthis, who control Yemen’s most populous regions, said they were behind the attack. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/28/sounion-tanker-yemen-houthi-attack-fire-red-sea-oil-leak
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Publish date : 2024-08-28 02:55:22
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