Oil tankers are ships designed for transporting bulk oil and/or its derivative products. Tanker ships can be either crude tankers that transport unrefined crude oil or product tankers that ...

On fire and crewless, it now poses an environmental risk. By Lynsey Chutel A Greek oil tanker is stuck in the Red Sea after it was attacked by Houthi rebels, an Iran-backed militia group that ...

Video released by the Iran-backed Houthis appears to show the rebels detonating explosives planted on an oil tanker in the Red Sea, sparking fears that an environmental disaster could follow.

Last week Iran’s proxies in Yemen attacked a Greek tanker heading from Iraq to Greece with more than 20 mariners aboard. The crew managed to evacuate, but the Pentagon said Tuesday the ship is ...

Potential Oil Spill Spotted Near Stricken Tanker, Greece Says Image suggests spill, official says in letter to UN agency Sounion tanker was attacked by Houthis in Red Sea this month ...

Aug 31 (Reuters) - Tugs are expected to begin towing a damaged Greek oil tanker on Sunday, Yemen's Houthi Foreign Minister Jamel Amer said, as the vessel remains adrift and on fire in the Red Sea.

An oil tanker which was attacked by Yemen's Houthi rebels in the Red Sea last week is still on fire and may be leaking oil, the US Pentagon says. Attempts to salvage the Greek-owned and flagged MV ...

An oil tanker in the Red Sea that was struck by Houthi militants was towed to a safe area after almost four weeks. The Greek-flagged ship Sounion, laden with 1 million barrels of Iraqi crude ...

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The Greek-flagged crude oil tanker Sounion that was recently attacked by Yemen's Houthis is still on fire in the Red Sea and now appears to be leaking oil ...

Salvage efforts to tow the burning oil tanker Sounion in the Red Sea have been abandoned, leaving the vessel stranded and at risk of spilling its one million barrels of oil. On Tuesday ...

Two ships, a Panama-flagged oil tanker and a merchant vessel, came under attack in the Red Sea off Yemen on Monday with the tanker being struck by two projectiles, British maritime agencies reported.

Yemen's Houthi rebels released footage on Thursday showing their fighters boarded and placed explosives on a Greek-flagged tanker, setting off blasts that put the Red Sea at risk of a major oil spill.