Kuwaiti Oil Tanker Is Set Ablaze After Attack Off the Coast of Dubai
Source: NY Times
A Kuwaiti crude carrier was “directly attacked” by Iranian forces while anchored at the Dubai port in the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait’s state news agency said Tuesday morning, citing the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation.
The Dubai authorities responded to an episode involving a drone and a Kuwaiti oil tanker that caught fire in Emirati waters, the government’s media office said. No injuries were reported among the tanker’s 24 crew members, whose safety had been secured, the media office said. Maritime firefighting teams had been working to bring the fire under control and later said it had been extinguished.
There was no oil leakage from the tanker, the U.A.E. authorities said.
The Kuwaiti Petroleum Corporation said in a statement that the tanker, called Al-Salmi, was fully laden when struck in what it said had been an Iranian attack. The vessel’s hull sustained damage, the company said, adding that the fire and damage had the potential to cause an oil spill in surrounding waters. Measures were being taken to put out the fire and mitigate any potential environmental damage, it said.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/world/middleeast/kuwait-oil-tanker-iran-drone.html
This link says she was bound for Qingdao, China. She measures 1089 feet and holds 2 million barrels of crude oil.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/shipid:5629199/mmsi:447097000/imo
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