Iran starts search for 7 missing crews of landing craft capsized in Persian Gulf
Iranian maritime authorities say they have launched a search operation for seven crew members of a landing craft vessel that capsized in the Persian Gulf on Friday.
Iranian maritime authorities say they have launched a search operation for seven crew members of a landing craft vessel that capsized in the Persian Gulf on Friday.
An Iranian-flagged oil tanker left Venezuela on Friday for Iran’s Kharg Island, Refinitiv Eikon data showed, after the vessel loaded 1.9 million barrels of heavy crude at the South American country’s Jose oil terminal.
After a fire broke out on the Zoya 1, off the Strait of Hormuz, four people were killed, in spite of initial information that claimed that the crew had been rescued. The fire occurred 34 kilometers (21 miles) off Sharjah.
Iran said on Monday that it is on track to create a new oil terminal on the Sea of Oman that would open a new export route for its crude and allow tankers to bypass the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Iran has seized another tanker in the Persian Gulf due to alleged smuggling of diesel fuel, according to Iran’s semi-official Students News agency ISNA.
Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami says Iran plans to resume the construction of its longest cross-sea bridge, linking the Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf to Bandar Abbas.
Iraq’s oil ministry said on Sunday it has no connection with an oil tanker seized by Iran’s IRGC in the Persian Gulf for smuggling fuel, a report said.
Persian Gulf refinery in southern Iran has joined petrol export market selling its product in energy bourse, according to the Managing-Director of Persian Gulf Star Company Mohammad-Ali Dadvar.
Twelve Indians were rescued from a sinking vessel in the Persian Gulf by a French Navy ship on Tuesday, November 20. The aircraft unit of the frigate, a Panther helicopter, performed rescue hoist maneuvers and rescued the seafarers from the capsized vessel.
BBC Chartering announces the launch of a new monthly service between the Persian Gulf, India and Australia. The connection is first served by the M/V BBC Brisbane which is currently already on her way loading in Mumbai, Port Chennai and Port Kelang. She is scheduled to arrive in Brisbane in the first week of August.