The US has deployed warplanes armed with ‘bunker busting’ bombs as tensions with Iran ramp up. Tehran seized a US-bound oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday, sparking a furious reaction from Washington. The US Air Force has now confirmed
At least one person has died after a fuel tanker truck rolled over and burst into flames on a bridge, with the fire now spreading to nearby buildings. The vehicle was travelling along Route 95, passing over the Gold Star Bridge, in
Six members of the 16-man crew on a Liberia-flagged tanker are being held hostage by pirates who boarded the ship in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea last week, the Danish shipper that owns the vessel and the French Navy said Friday. Pirates
Pirates have boarded a Liberian-flagged oil tanker with 16 crew members in West Africa’s Gulf of Guinea, the Danish vessel owner said Tuesday. The attack took place southwest of Port Pointe-Noire, Congo. The Monjasa Reformer “experienced an emergency situation” late Saturday, Monjasa,
The United Nations announced Thursday it signed an agreement to purchase a very large vessel that can transfer more than 1 million barrels of crude now stranded in a rusting tanker off the coast of war-torn Yemen. The deal is the first
One person died after a tanker truck hauling flammable liquids exploded and overturned on a US highway on Saturday, causing damage to nearby homes and vehicles, officials said, advising people to stay away from the area. The crash happened on US Route 15 shortly before
Authorities plan to release toxic chemicals into the air from five derailed tanker cars that were in danger of exploding on Monday, telling nearby residents to leave immediately or face the possibility of death. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine ordered evacuations in the
A tanker transporting liquefied natural gas broke down in the Suez Canal on Wednesday but traffic in the global waterway was unaffected, a canal spokesperson said. The Bahamas-flagged Grace Emilia suffered a malfunction of its rudder and tugboats pulled it to the
The death toll from a gas tanker explosion in Johannesburg on Christmas Eve has increased to 34 from an earlier estimate of 27, the provincial health department said on Friday. The blast tore the roof off the emergency department at the Tambo