Two crewmembers are missing after a South Korean tanker capsized off an island in south-western Japan. The coast guard said it had rescued nine people after receiving a distress call from the Keoyoung Sun chemical tanker, saying that the vessel was tilting while taking refuge near Japan’s Mutsure Island due to rough weather. The island […]
The Reserve Township Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a stolen tanker truck. Officers say it was taken from Spring Garden Avenue. Surveillance cameras last spotted it heading into Pittsburgh. The truck has a temporary plate on the windshield. Police say anyone who sees the truck should stay away and call […]
STORY: The Houthi military said on Sunday, they targeted an American oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. Coming as U.S. and British forces said they carried out another round of strikes against the Yemeni militants on Saturday. In a televised speech, a military spokesman for the Iran-backed Houthis, […]
DUBAI (Reuters) -Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility on Saturday for an attack on the oil tanker M/T Pollux, which U.S. officials said the previous day had been hit by a missile. “The naval forces of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a targeting operation against a British oil ship (Pollux) in the Red Sea with […]
There’s no use crying over spilled milk. That is, unless thousands of gallons of it are impacting your Saturday plans. Officials say 10,000 gallons of milk spilled onto the Massachusetts Turnpike when a dairy tanker rollover on the Route 12 on-ramp in Auburn. Auburn fire officials say diesel fuel also spilled onto the roadway during […]
A photo of a burning ship has circulated in reports about an explosion near the Crimean Peninsula in January 2019, contradicting multiple social media posts from January 2024 that claim it shows a vessel hit by Yemen’s Huthi rebels in the Red Sea. The Huthis began targeting Red Sea shipping in November 2023, as a […]
Several roads will be closed following a deadly fiery tanker crash in Northern Ohio this weekend. >>PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Driver dead after tanker hauling diesel overturns off bridge, catches fire in Ohio News Center 7 previously reported that Macedonia Police and Summit County Sheriff’s deputies responded to initial reports of a crash around 9:15 a.m. Saturday […]
A tanker flipped and caught fire on state Route 8 southbound in Macedonia Saturday morning. Traffic is being diverted from the area, and SR 8 is closed in both directions near East Aurora Road. Hazmat has been called to the scene due to spillage from the tanker. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has also arrived […]
An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile. The Yemeni movement said it targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday evening. Operator Trafigura told the BBC the strike caused a fire in one of the ship’s cargo tanks and firefighting equipment […]
STORY: Iranian state TV on Friday broadcast clips of what it said were Iranian naval forces seizing a U.S. tanker in the Gulf of Oman. The seizure of the St. Nikolas, earlier on Thursday, is at the center of a major dispute between Washington and Tehran, and may likely stoke regional tensions. The tanker was […]
Oil prices have risen after Iran seized a tanker off the coast of Oman, raising concerns fuel prices could increase. The oil tanker was heading for Turkey on Thursday when armed men ordered it to sail to an Iranian port. The price of Brent crude oil jumped by more than 2%, to $78.40 a barrel […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s navy seized an oil tanker on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman that once was at the center of a major crisis between Tehran and Washington, officials said, a seizure that further escalates tensions in the Mideast waterways. The vessel was once known as the Suez Rajan and […]