Kuwaiti loaded oil tanker ablaze in Dubai Port after Iranian attack, no casualties
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“The apparent strike is just the latest in a string of assaults on merchant vessels by missiles or explosive air and sea drones in the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 2.28.”
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— On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the 2026 Iran war. The operation was an…
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— The Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for global energy trade, has experienced ongoing geopolitical and economic disruption since 28 February 2026, following joint military strikes by the…
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— The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula, shared by the United Arab Emirate…
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“Brent crude futures LCOc1 were up over 2% at $115.17 per barrel in early Asian hours after the news of the attack on the tanker in Dubai.”
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— A benchmark crude or marker crude is a crude oil that serves as a reference price for buyers and sellers of crude oil. There are three primary benchmarks, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), Brent Blend, a…
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— The term Brent Crude refers to a trading classification for types of petroleum — Sweet crude oil and light crude oil — first extracted from the Brent oilfield in the North Sea in 1976. The term Brent …
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— Dubai Crude is a medium sour crude oil extracted from Dubai. Dubai Crude is used as a price benchmark or oil marker because it is one of only a few Persian Gulf crude oils available immediately. There…
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“Brent is on course for a 59% surge in March, its largest monthly gain on record due to the war in the Middle East.”
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— The term Brent Crude refers to a trading classification for types of petroleum — Sweet crude oil and light crude oil — first extracted from the Brent oilfield in the North Sea in 1976. The term Brent …
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— Brent East is a parliamentary constituency in north west London. It returns one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the…
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— Brent Sadler (born 1950 in Manchester) is a British journalist and former CNN Senior International Correspondent.
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“No injuries have been reported, and the safety of all 24 crew members has been secured, they said.”
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“Work is underway to accurately assess damage to the tanker, said KPC, which according to Lloyd's List Intelligence data is the parent company of Al Salmi's registered owner and commercial operator.”
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“The tanker was loaded with two million barrels of oil from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, according to data from Lloyd's and TankerTrackers.”
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“Lloyd's listed the destination as Qingdao, China.”
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“Earlier on Monday, a Greek-owned container ship located off the coast of Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura reported two separate incidents where projectiles hit water near the vessel, maritime security experts said.”
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“A representative from the Liberian-flagged Express Rome reported two unknown projectiles splashing into the water near the container ship approximately 22 nautical miles (40.7 km) northeast of Ras Tanura at 1352 GMT.”
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“The incidents occurred within one hour of each other and the crew was reported safe, British maritime risk-management group Vanguard said.”
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“The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps previously claimed to have attacked the Express Rome on March 11, Vanguard said.”
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“No group has claimed responsibility for the strike on the oil tanker or the projectiles.”
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