Tag: Saudi Arabia

Unconfirmed reports indicate that a vessel has been attacked off the Saudi Red Sea port of Yanbu, on April 26.

Following the increased traffic due to the Suez Canal blockage, Saudi Ports Authority, MAWANI, launched an initiative to support shipping lines stranded at the south end of the canal.

According to the British security intelligence firm Dryad Global, Yemen's Houthi rebels claimed that they hit an Aramco oil facility in eastern Saudi Arabia on Sunday, the first time the group has reached the company's facilities in that area.

Following the explosion onboard an oil tanker off the coast of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, one of the biggest liquefied natural gas exporter, Qatar condemned the attack.

Singapore-based shipping company Hafnia, part of BW Group, confirmed that one of its LR1 product tankers was hit from an external source whilst discharging at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at approximately 00:40 on 14 December, causing an explosion and subsequent fire onboard.

Saudi Arabia, UAE and IEA are discussing with the Japanese goverment on how to promote the use of ammonia into the fuel mix for thermal power generation as well as for shipping from the late 2020s.

An explosion damaged a Greek-managed tanker at a Saudi Arabian terminal on the Red Sea just north of the Yemeni border, Reuters reports, in an attack confirmed by Saudi Arabia. Specifically, it has been reported that the Maltese-flagged aframax tanker vessel Agrari was struck by an explosive device at Al Shuqaiq anchorage in Saudi Arabia. 

Saudi Arabia urged the U.N. Security Council that an “oil spot” had been seen in a shipping transit area 31 miles west of a decaying tanker and is threatening to spill 1.1 million barrels of crude oil off the coast of Yemen, as Reuters reported.

Saudi Ports Authority recently joined the increased list of ports which have forced a ban against open-loop scrubbers. Namely, the region will from now on prohibit the discharge of wash-water coming from open-loop scrubbers.

The Dubai-based Saudi Ports Authority (MAWANI) and port operator DP World launched the first direct shipping line connecting UAE’s Jebel Ali Port in Dubai with Egypt’s Sokhna Port through Jeddah Islamic Port.