AP - A crude oil tanker in the Persian Gulf caught fire Wednesday night, prompting a warning from British naval officials to exercise extreme caution.
The United Kingdoms Maritime Trade Operations said the fire struck the vessel northwest of Sharjah, an Emirati sheikhdom. It offered no other information.
Emirati officials said they were working ...
Sputnik Seven crew members of the detained Stena Impero oil tanker, including a Russian sailor, have left Iran, the press attache of the Russian Embassy in Tehran, Andrey Ganenko, has stated.
"Seven sailors have really left Iran, today they have left for Dubai. Concerning the rest of our citizens, they remain on board ...
Sputnik - The vessel was seized by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards on 20 July, just two weeks after British Royal Marines detained the Grace 1 tanker carrying Iranian oil near Gibraltar. Tehran states the ship had engaged in dangerous manoeuvres and rammed an Iranian fishing boat.
According to Iranian Foreign Ministry, the Islamic Republic will ...
Reuters - Iran said on Sunday that an oil tanker sized by its elite forces in the Gulf for smuggling fuel was an Iraqi ship, the official IRNA news agency reported.
The oil tanker that was captured on Wednesday for smuggling Irans fuel to other countries was an Iraqi ship, IRNA said, quoting Irans Revolutionary Guards Corps.
Reuters - Oil initially rose more than 1% on Thursday after Iran said it had seized a foreign tanker in the Gulf, but prices gradually lost their gains as it emerged that the vessel had only a small cargo and was detained on Sunday for fuel smuggling.
Prices steadied by 1330 GMT with Brent crude LCOc1 futures up 1 cent at $63.67 a barrel, after ...
Press TV - The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry says the countrys naval forces have assisted a foreign crude oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, after they received a request for help from the vessel.
Seyyed Abbas Mousavi told IRIB News late on Tuesday that the tanker suffered a technical glitch, and accordingly sent a distress call.
He ...
MNA Iranian top diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif has rejected the British authorities claim on an attempt by the IRGC gunboats to impede one of their oil tankers as worthless, saying that their claim is aimed at creating tensions.
In reaction to claims on Thursday that three IRGC vessels attempted to intercept a British oil tanker in the strait of ...
Tasnim Irans Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy dismissed as baseless claims that its forces have attempted to capture a British oil tanker in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
The IRGC Navys patrols in the Persian Gulf are being carried out according to routine methods and ordered missions with smartness, precision, and power, the public ...
The Wall Street Journal - U.S. sanctions on Iran and the trade battle with China have become a boon for owners of tankers, with daily freight rates at their highest in two years as ships shift their routes to load up crude from other oil-producing countries.
Crude exports from Iran, the worlds fifth-biggest oil producer, have fallen about 50% ...
MNA At least 27 people have been killed in the city of Sanandaj, Kurdistan province, after a fuel tanker rammed into a passenger bus and burst into flames.
At least 27 people have been killed in the city of Sanandajafter an oil tanker collided with a passenger bus; anumber of people are also reported to have been severely injured during ...
Tasnim The Bangladesh Navy praised the Iranian Navys efforts to provide security for merchant ships and oil tankers sailing in international waters.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Bangladesh Navy said in recent years, the Iranian Navy has increased its presence in maritime routes to protect merchant ships and oil tankers against pirates.
The ...
TEHRAN, May 14 (Shana) -- A senior Iranian official said the number of foreign oil tankers docking at Irans southern Kharg oil terminal has increased after the implementation of Joint Comprehensive Plan Of Action reached between Iran and G5+1.
Speaking to Shana on Saturday, Head of the Archives and Information Office of Kharg Oil Export ...
A senior Iranian official says the number of foreign oil tankers docking at Irans southern Kharg oil terminalhasdoubled after the implementation of last years nuclear agreement between Iran and six global powers.
Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council the United States, France, Britain, China and Russia plus Germany started ...
TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) An IOTC official has said the largest tankers with a capacity of 360 thousand barrels can now berth at Kharg oil terminal.
Head of Iran Oil Terminals Company's (IOTC) Export Department Gholamhossein Gerami described the latest status of Kharg terminals harbor and facilities as Irans largest oil terminal for the post sanction ...
TEHRAN, Jun. 22 (MNA) Irans oil and gas industry for the very first time has bought one of the most advanced oil tankers in the world to become self-sufficient in acidifying oil and gas wells in the Persian Gulf.
Following anti-Iran sanctions, a number of oil companies including the American Halliburton Company and British Schlumberger that were ...
By Reuters
Nov 28 (Reuters) - A Greek firm has refused to refuel an Iranian-owned tanker flying the Tanzanian flag, the company said on Wednesday, in one of the first such cases to show European sanctions are taking their toll on Iran's oil trade.
A EU embargo on Iranian oil exports to Europe and a ban on European ship insurance are among the tougher ...