Oil tanker
- India
Indian crew member of capsized oil tanker dies: Officials
New Delhi: An Indian crew member of a Comoros-flagged oil tanker that capsized off the Oman coast has died, officials said on Thursday. Last night, the Indian Navy said eight Indians and…
- India
13 Indians among 16 crew missing after oil tanker sinks off Oman coast
Dubai: Thirteen Indians are among the 16-member crew of a Comoros-flagged oil tanker that went missing after it capsized off the coast of Oman, the country’s maritime authority said. The tanker capsized…
- World
US urges Iran to immediately release seized oil tanker, crew
The United States (US) on Thursday, January 11, called on Iran to immediately release an oil tanker it seized off the coast of Oman, Reuters reported. US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel…
- Middle East
UN successfully transfers all oil off decaying Yemen tanker
Aden: The high-stakes oil transfer from a decaying tanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen has been safely concluded, the UN announced, avoiding what the global body warned could have been a…
- Middle East
Yemen: Decaying oil tanker rescue operation nearing completion
Sanaa: The Yemen government announced that the UN’s delicate operation to unload oil from the decaying super oil tanker FSO Safer moored off the country’s western coast, is in its final stages.…
- Middle East
Yemen welcomes new Saudi aid for Safer tanker salvage operations
Riyadh: The Yemeni government has expressed gratitude to Saudi Arabia for its additional $8-million assistance in the salvage operations of the Safer tanker abandoned off Yemen’s western coast, media reported. According to…
- Middle East
UN transfers oil from Yemen tanker in bid to stop disaster
Aden: A UN emergency team has started transferring crude oil from the decaying super oil tanker FSO Safer moored off Yemen’s western coast as part of an urgent mission to avert a…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: 5 killed in bus-oil tanker collision in Annamayya district
Tirupati: Five persons were killed and eight others injured in a collision between a bus and an oil tanker in Andhra Pradesh’s Annamayya district on Saturday. A bus belonging to state-owned Andhra…
- Middle East
Yemen urges int’l support for UN plan to avert looming oil tanker disaster
Aden: Yemen urged international society to fund a UN plan to prevent a huge oil tanker moored off in the Red Sea from a catastrophic oil spill. The country’s state-run Saba news…
- Middle East
UN ship arrives at site of decaying oil tanker off Yemen’s coast
Sanaa: A UN ship arrived at the site of the decaying super oil tanker, named Safer, off the coast of Ras Issa in western Yemen. The UN office in Yemen said in…
- Middle East
UN calls for closing funding gap to salvage decaying oil tanker off Yemen
United Nations: There is a “crucial need” for additional money to close the funding gap to salvage the decaying Safer oil tanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, a UN spokesman said. A…
- Middle East
UN buys vessel to remove oil from decaying tanker off Yemen
United Nations: The UN Development Programme (UNDP) has signed an agreement with Euronav to secure the purchase of a large vessel as part of a coordinated operation to remove more than 1…
- Middle East
UN says additional money needed to salvage oil tanker off Yemen
United Nations: Tens of millions of US dollars more might be needed to salvage the Safer oil tanker off Yemen’s Red Sea coast, a United Nations spokesman said. “What we have been…
- World
Death toll of Afghan oil tanker blast mounts to 19
Charikar: The death toll from an oil tanker blast in a tunnel in Afghanistan’s eastern Parwan province reached 19, Deputy to Provincial Health Directorate Abdullah Afghanmal said. Afghanmal told media on Sunday…
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