Tag: Fujairah
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Oil Tankers Avoiding Middle East Refuelling Hub After Attacks; Some May Turn to Singapore
July 08: Oil tanker owners are avoiding sending their ships to the Middle East’s main refuelling hub after a spate of attacks on vessels in the past two months ratcheted […]
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Persian Gulf Oil Shipments Now Cost More Than $500,000 to Insure
June 24: The cost of insuring Middle East oil shipments is soaring as tensions mount in a region responsible for about a third of all seaborne petroleum. So-called war risk […]
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UPDATE: Fujairah & Gulf of Oman Attacks
June 13: Further to initial reports, it has now been confirmed that early this morning, two tankers (FRONT ALTAIR and KOKUKA COURAGEOUS) were attacked in the eastern approaches to the […]
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US National Security Advisor Blames Iran for Fujairah Attacks
May 31: US National Security Advisor John Bolton has gone on record to say that Iran carried out an attack on four tankers anchored off Al-Fujairah in the United Arab […]
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‘Sabotaged’ Tanker AMJAD Reportedly Leaked Oil in Gulf of Oman
May 24: New reports suggest that a sizeable oil slick developed in waters where tankers were damaged off Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 12 May. Finnish company […]
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Heightened Assessed Risk and Security Measures Implemented in Strait of Hormuz
May 20: Following the recent attacks at Fujairah anchorage: (1) Shipowners and ship managers are increasing their security measures while in the Strait of Hormuz. For example, (1a) Japanese shipping […]
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Floating Armoury
A vessel being used by a Sri Lankan company to operate a floating-armoury in the Gulf of Aden was briefly arrested by the authorities in the United Arab Emirates. Sinbad […]
