Saturday, July 2, 2022
manilastandard.net
ADVERTISEMENT
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
  • Others
    • Pets
    • Pop.Life
      • Newsmakers
      • Hangouts
      • A-Pop
      • Post Its
      • Performances
      • Malls & Bazaars
      • Hobbies & Collections
    • Technology
      • Gadgets
      • Computers
      • Business
      • Tech Plus
    • MS ON THE ROAD
      • Sedan
      • SUV
      • Truck
      • Bike
      • Accessories
      • Motoring Plus
      • Commuter’s Corner
    • Home & Design
      • Residential
      • Commercial
      • Construction
      • Interior
    • Spotlight
    • Gallery
      • Photos
      • Videos
    • Events
      • Seminars
      • Exhibits
      • Community
    • Biyahero
      • Travel Features
      • Travel Reels
      • Travel Logs
  • Advertise with Us
No Result
View All Result
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
  • Others
    • Pets
    • Pop.Life
      • Newsmakers
      • Hangouts
      • A-Pop
      • Post Its
      • Performances
      • Malls & Bazaars
      • Hobbies & Collections
    • Technology
      • Gadgets
      • Computers
      • Business
      • Tech Plus
    • MS ON THE ROAD
      • Sedan
      • SUV
      • Truck
      • Bike
      • Accessories
      • Motoring Plus
      • Commuter’s Corner
    • Home & Design
      • Residential
      • Commercial
      • Construction
      • Interior
    • Spotlight
    • Gallery
      • Photos
      • Videos
    • Events
      • Seminars
      • Exhibits
      • Community
    • Biyahero
      • Travel Features
      • Travel Reels
      • Travel Logs
  • Advertise with Us
No Result
View All Result
manilastandard.net
No Result
View All Result
Home News World News

Explosion rocks Singapore-flagged oil tanker off Saudi port

AFPbyAFP
December 14, 2020, 9:00 pm
in World News
Reading Time: 3 mins read
A A
72
SHARES
Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Email

An explosion rocked a Singapore-flagged oil tanker off the Saudi port city of Jeddah Monday, the vessel’s owner said, in the latest apparent strike on energy sector targets in the kingdom.

All 22 sailors aboard the tanker BW Rhine escaped unhurt after the blast struck just after midnight, Singapore-based shipping company Hafnia said, but it did not exclude the possibility of an oil spill.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the alleged attack, but it comes as Iran-backed Huthi rebels in neighbouring Yemen step up cross-border strikes against Saudi targets in retaliation for a five-year military campaign led by Riyadh.

 “BW Rhine has been hit from an external source whilst discharging at Jeddah… causing an explosion and subsequent fire onboard,” Hafnia said in a statement, without specifying what struck the vessel.

“The crew have extinguished the fire with assistance from the shore fire brigade and tug boats, and all 22 seafarers have been accounted for with no injuries,” it added.

ADVERTISEMENT

Saudi authorities did not immediately confirm the blast off Jeddah, a key Red Sea port and distribution centre for oil giant Saudi Aramco.

Hafnia reported “hull damage” in the blast.

“It is possible that some oil has escaped from the vessel, but this has not been confirmed and instrumentation currently indicates that oil levels on board are at the same level as before the incident,” Hafnia said.

Dryad Global, a London-based maritime intelligence firm, also reported the explosion, saying it struck a vessel while “carrying out operations within the main tanker anchorage at the Saudi Aramco Jeddah port”.

But it identified the Dominican-flagged tanker Desert Rose or the Saudi-flagged Al Amal Al Saudi as the possible targets.

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said it was aware of an explosion and warned vessels in the area to exercise “extreme caution”.

– Series of attacks –

The incident comes after an explosion last month rocked a Greek-operated oil tanker docked at Saudi Arabia’s southern port of Shuqaiq, an attack that a Riyadh-led military coalition blamed on Yemen’s Huthi rebels.

No injuries were reported in that blast on the Maltese-flagged Agrari tanker, according to its Greece-based operator TMS Tankers. Dryad Global said that blast was caused by a “water-borne improvised explosive device” launched by the Huthis.

Just days earlier, the Huthi rebels said they struck a plant operated by Saudi Aramco in Jeddah with a Quds-2 missile. Aramco said that strike tore a hole in an oil tank, triggering an explosion and fire.

The incidents, which underscore the Huthis’ advancing arsenal and the vulnerability of Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure, come as the rebels escalate attacks on Saudi Arabia.

Saudi Arabia has been targeted with dozens of ballistic missile and drone attacks since the start of last year, many of which the kingdom claims to have successfully intercepted.

Saudi Arabia is stuck in a military quagmire in Yemen, which has been locked in conflict since the rebels took control of the capital Sanaa in 2014 and went on to seize much of the north.

Riyadh led a coalition that intervened to support the internationally recognized government the following year, but the conflict has shown no real signs of abating since.

Saudi Arabia has repeatedly accused regional rival Iran of supplying sophisticated weapons to the Huthis, a charge Tehran denies.

Tens of thousands of people, mostly civilians, have been killed and millions displaced in Yemen’s war, which the United Nations has called the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.

Tags: BW RhineJeddahSaudi portSingapore-flagged oil tanker
ADVERTISEMENT
AFP

AFP

Related Posts

TikTok tells US senators data not shared with Chinese Communist Party

byAFP
July 2, 2022, 10:31 am
0
142
TikTok tells US senators data not shared with Chinese Communist Party

TikTok sought to reassure US senators this week that it is taking all necessary steps to limit access to users'...

Read more

Shallow magnitude 6.0 quake rocks southern Iran: USGS

byAFP
July 2, 2022, 10:30 am
0
168
Shallow magnitude 6.0 quake rocks southern Iran: USGS

A shallow 6.0 magnitude quake shook southern Iran early Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, revising down its initial measurement....

Read more

Ukraine leader accuses Russia of ‘terror’ in missile strike that killed 21

byAFP
July 2, 2022, 10:00 am
0
142
Ukraine’s Zelensky accuses Russia of ‘nuclear terror’ after plant attack

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday accused Russia of engaging in state "terror" as he blamed Moscow for missile strikes...

Read more

Google to delete user location history on US abortion clinic visits

byAFP
July 2, 2022, 9:28 am
0
144
Google to delete user location history on US abortion clinic visits

Google announced Friday it would delete users' location history when they visit abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters and other places...

Read more

17 dead in Odessa strikes; Russia quits Snake Island

byAFP
July 1, 2022, 9:50 pm
0
145
Taliban govt resumes issuing Afghan passports in Kabul

Kyiv—At least 17 people were killed and dozens wounded Friday in missile strikes on Ukraine’s Odessa region, a day after...

Read more

Int’l Criminal Court marks 20th year with Ukraine in sights

byAFP
July 1, 2022, 9:40 pm
0
139

The Hague -- The International Criminal Court marks its 20th anniversary on Friday, with the Ukraine war giving the tribunal...

Read more

Stories you may like

  • Snapshots

    The next, now, or never in new romance film ‘Ngayon Kaya’

    2104 shares
    Share 842 Tweet 526
  • Of course, it was BBM’s project

    31882 shares
    Share 12753 Tweet 7971
  • Herbosa will make an excellent DOH Secretary

    1808 shares
    Share 723 Tweet 452
  • Property relations in marriage

    1015 shares
    Share 406 Tweet 254
  • First Family to showcase local fashion design in barong, terno

    959 shares
    Share 384 Tweet 240

Print Edition

View More

Recent Posts

  • Sika endorser
  • Maroon 5 returns to Manila in December
  • TikTok tells US senators data not shared with Chinese Communist Party
  • Shallow magnitude 6.0 quake rocks southern Iran: USGS
  • Let’s cook! Enjoy up to 60% off from Chef’s Classics on Shopee’s 7.7 Mid-Year Sale
  • Ukraine leader accuses Russia of ‘terror’ in missile strike that killed 21
  • Google to delete user location history on US abortion clinic visits
  • Sneakers for Makati : AB4.0

Advertisement

Latest News

Ukraine leader accuses Russia of ‘terror’ in missile strike that killed 21

byAFP
July 2, 2022, 10:00 am
0
142
Ukraine’s Zelensky accuses Russia of ‘nuclear terror’ after plant attack

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday accused Russia of engaging in state "terror" as he blamed Moscow for missile strikes...

Read more

Google to delete user location history on US abortion clinic visits

byAFP
July 2, 2022, 9:28 am
0
144
Google to delete user location history on US abortion clinic visits

Google announced Friday it would delete users' location history when they visit abortion clinics, domestic violence shelters and other places...

Read more

Sneakers for Makati : AB4.0

byManila Standard
July 2, 2022, 2:00 am
0
980
Sneakers for Makati : AB4.0

Read more

BBM extends free bus rides

byMervin Vince Lopez
July 2, 2022, 1:50 am
0
287
BBM hears mass, picks ‘Pangarap’ as Palace home

On EDSA Carousel til yearend, free transit for students on trains President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday approved the memo...

Read more

SC clears way for OMB to probe bank accounts of Erap, mistresses

byRey E. Requejo
July 2, 2022, 1:40 am
0
419
Jinggoy: Erap set for discharge from hospital

The Supreme Court has paved the way for the Office of the Ombudsman to proceed with its investigation into the...

Read more

Advertisement

ADVERTISEMENT
Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube

ABOUT US

Manila Standard

Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.

Digital Edition

In tone and content, the online edition mirrors the editorial thrust of the newspaper. While hewing to the traditional precepts of fairness and objectivity, MS believes the news of the day need not be staid, overly long or dry. Stories are succinct, readable and written in a lively style that has become a hallmark of the newspaper.

Download – Today’s Paper

Search

No Result
View All Result

6th Floor Universal Re Bldg., 106 Paseo De Roxas cor. Perea Street, Legaspi Village, 1226 Makati City Philippines

Trunklines: 832-5554, 832-5556, 832-5558

© 2021 Manila Standard - Designed and Developed by Neitiviti Studios.

No Result
View All Result
  • About
  • News
    • Top Stories
    • National
    • World News
    • Pinoy Abroad
    • Features
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
    • Columns
    • Soundbytes
  • LGUs
    • NCR
    • Luzon
    • Visayas
    • Mindanao
  • Business
    • Corporate
    • Economy & Trade
    • Stocks
    • Money
    • Agri & Mining
    • Power & Tech
    • IT & Telecom
  • Sports
    • Basketball
    • Volleyball
    • Fightsports
    • Active
    • Sports Plus
    • One Championship
    • Columns
  • Entertainment
    • TV & Movies
    • Celebrity Profiles
    • Music & Concerts
    • Digital Media
    • Columns
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Culture & Media
    • Fashion
    • Health and Home
    • Leisure
    • Shopping
    • Columns
  • Pop.Life
    • Newsmakers
    • Hangouts
    • A-Pop
    • Post Its
    • Performances
    • Malls & Bazaars
    • Hobbies & Collections
  • Technology
    • Gadgets
    • Computers
    • Business
    • Tech Plus
  • MS ON THE ROAD
    • Sedan
    • SUV
    • Truck
    • Bike
    • Accessories
    • Motoring Plus
    • Commuter’s Corner
  • Home & Design
    • Residential
    • Commercial
    • Construction
    • Interior
  • Spotlight
  • Gallery
    • Photos
    • Videos
  • Events
    • Seminars
    • Exhibits
    • Community
  • Biyahero
    • Travel Features
    • Travel Reels
    • Travel Logs
  • Pets
  • Advertise with Us

© 2021 Manila Standard - Designed and Developed by Neitiviti Studios.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Install Manila Standard Web App

Install App