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Iran’s navy thwarts pirate attack on Iranian tanker – report

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Iranian naval forces intervened on Saturday to repel pirates who attacked an Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden, Iran's state media reported. Pirates...

Two crew killed in attack on Israeli-managed tanker off Oman

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Two crew members, a Briton and a Romanian, were killed when a petroleum products tanker managed by Israeli-owned Zodiac Maritime came under attack on...

South Korea delegation heads to Iran to seek release of seized...

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A South Korean delegation is heading to Iran on Wednesday to seek the release of a chemicals tanker and its 20-member crew seized in...

Tanker damaged in explosion at Saudi terminal

An explosion damaged a Greek-managed tanker at a Saudi Arabian terminal on the Red Sea north of the Yemeni border, the ship’s manager said...

Iranian fuel starts arriving in Venezuelan waters despite US warning

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The first of five Iranian tankers carrying fuel for gasoline-starved Venezuela entered the South American country’s exclusive economic zone on Saturday, despite a US...

UK-flagged tanker repulses pirate attack in Gulf of Aden, ship manager...

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Armed pirates attacked a British-flagged chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday but were repulsed, the ship’s manager Stolt Tankers said. The pirates...

Missiles hit tanker off Saudi

An Iranian-owned oil tanker was hit by two missiles in the Red Sea off the Saudi port city Jeddah, Iran’s state television reported, quoting...

US warns against aiding Iranian tanker

An Iranian tanker at the centre of a confrontation between Iran and Washington sailed for Greece after it was freed from detention off Gibraltar,...

Britain says Iran seizes two oil tankers in Gulf, Iran says...

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Britain said Iran seized two oil tankers in the Gulf on Friday and told Tehran to return the vessels or face consequences in the...

Saudi oil facilities attacked

Saudi Arabia said armed drones struck two oil pumping stations on Tuesday, days after oil tankers near the United Arab Emirates were sabotaged and...

Missing tanker docks in Togo

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A tanker with 19 crew members on board docked at a port in Togo after going missing for over a week in...

Tanker missing off Gabon

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A tanker with 19 crew on board, mostly Georgians, is missing in pirate-plagued waters off Gabon in West Africa and no word...

Saudi Arabia expects no oil supply impact from Houthi tanker attack

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An attack on a Saudi tanker by Yemen's Houthis will not hit oil supplies, Saudi Arabia's energy minister said on Wednesday, after...

Libyan navy seizes tanker, smuggling suspected

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Libyan naval forces seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker and detained its mainly Filipino crew on suspicion of smuggling oil off the Abu...

Two ships fired on off east Africa coast

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More proof of increasing pirate activity off the east coast of Africa comes with an EUNavFor announcement of small arms being fired...

Somali pirates release hijacked ship and crew without ransom

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Somali pirates released a hijacked oil tanker and its eight Sri Lankan crew on Thursday, a Somali security official and the pirates...

Pirates demand ransom for tanker seized off Somalia

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Pirates off the coast of Somalia, who hijacked an oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew on board, are demanding a ransom...

Belize tanker with five Russians among crew detained off Libya

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A tanker under the flag of Belize with five Russian nationals among its crew has been detained by coast guards off western...

Oil tanker missing off Ghanaian coast amid piracy report

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A Liberia-flagged oil tanker has gone missing off the coast of Ghana and a senior port official said the captain sent a...

North Korean-flagged tanker tries docking at seized Libyan oil port

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A North Korean-flagged oil tanker tried to dock at Libya's Es-Sider oil port seized by armed protesters who have threatened to sell...

Pentagon says worst arms programmes already cut

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The Pentagon has already cut its most troubled weapons programmes and others that are no longer needed, and may be able to...