Oil Tanker Hit By Blast Near Kuwait, Major Leak Reported
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AI-PoweredAn oil tanker near Kuwait has reported a large explosion and subsequent leak from a cargo tank, potentially disrupting global oil supplies and impacting tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
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An oil tanker anchored off Kuwait reported late on Wednesday a large explosion and a subsequent leak from a cargo tank, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), a Royal Navy-sponsored organization, said on Thursday as the war in the Middle East escalates and tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has come to a halt. UKMTO said it had received a report of an incident 30 nautical miles south east of Mubarak Al Kabeer, Kuwait. “The Master of a tanker at anchor, reports witnessing and hearing a large…
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An oil tanker near Kuwait has reported a large explosion and subsequent leak from a cargo tank, potentially disrupting global oil supplies and impacting tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.
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