Oil tanker incident
Sounion
21 August 2024
Red Sea, off Yemen
What happened
The tanker lost propulsion after repeated attacks and was abandoned. The crew was rescued; later fires aboard created a major spill risk.
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- Vessel / facility
- Suezmax crude-oil tanker
- Cargo
- Approximately one million barrels of crude oil
- Attack
- Small-arms fire and multiple projectile strikes
- Latitude
- 15.0000°
- Longitude
- 41.6200°
Attribution
Attributed to Yemen’s Houthis
The incident and the actor assessment are separately sourced below.
Reported incident position: approximately 15°00′N, 41°37′E.