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Maritime News - 2024 Sep 14

14 Sep 2024

Salvors Begin Towing Stricken Tanker Sounion in Race to Avert Catastrophic Oil Spill

(Photo: European Union Naval Force - Operation Aspides)

The operation has started to tow a Greek-registered oil tanker stranded in the Red Sea after an attack by Houthi militants last month, a shipping source told Reuters on Saturday.Towing the 900-foot (274.2-metre) MV Sounion to safety is the first step in a risky operation to salvage the vessel that caught fire after it was repeatedly attacked on Aug. 21.The second step is the transfer of its cargo of about 1 million barrels of crude oil.

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