Oil Tanker Near Iraq Finds Mine on Hull as Gulf Risks Mount Bloomberg 1/1/2021 Khalid Al-Ansary, Verity Ratcliffe and Alex Longley © Bloomberg Oil tankers are seen anchored in the Pacific Ocean as the sun sets in this aerial photograph taken above Long Beach, California, U.S., on Friday, May 1, 2020. The volume of oil on vessels located just offshore the state peaked at 26 million barrels over the weekend, about a quarter of the world s daily consumption, before dropping to 22 million barrels on Monday, according to Paris-based Kpler SAS, which tracks tanker traffic.
(Bloomberg) An oil tanker off the coast of Iraq discovered a mine attached to its hull, the latest incident highlighting the risk to ships in the waters near the Arabian peninsula.
Security firms say there is a suspicious object on an oil tanker off Iraq
stripes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stripes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Security firms say suspicious object on oil tanker off Iraq - Region - World
ahram.org.eg - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ahram.org.eg Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Jon Gambrell December 31, 2020 - 10:18 AM
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Sailors involved in transferring fuel oil from an Iraqi tanker in the Persian Gulf to another vessel owned by a shipping company traded in the U.S. discovered a âsuspicious objectâ they fear could be a mine, authorities said Thursday.
The discovery comes amid heightened tensions between Iran and the U.S. in the waning days of President Donald Trump s administration.
Already, America has conducted B-52 bomber flyovers and sent a nuclear submarine into the Persian Gulf over what Trump officials describe as the possibility of an Iranian attack on the one-year anniversary of the U.S. drones strike in Baghdad that killed a top Iranian general.
SHARE
Sailors transferring fuel oil from an Iraqi tanker in the Arabian Gulf to another vessel discovered a “suspicious object” they fear could be a mine.
The discovery, reported by authorities on Thursday, comes amid heightened tension between Iran and the US in the waning days of President Donald Trump’s administration.
Already, America has conducted B-52 bomber flyovers and sent a nuclear submarine into the Arabian Gulf over what Trump officials describe as the possibility of an Iranian attack on the first anniversary of the US drones strike in Baghdad that killed Iranian general Qassem Suleimani.
Two private security companies said sailors feared they found a limpet mine on the