Greek oil tanker

Greek-Owned Oil Tanker Hit in Attack Near Strait of Hormuz

A Greek-owned oil tanker was struck by a projectile off the coast of Oman, damaging its engine room and leaving the vessel without propulsion near the strategically important Strait of Hormuz. The vessel has been identified as the Metro...

Greek Court Rules 2017 Oil Tanker Sinking That Caused Major Spill Was Intentional

A Greek court has ruled that the 2017 sinking of an oil tanker near Athens that resulted in one of Greece's worst environmental disasters in recent history, was an intentional act intended for financial gain. The Piraeus Jury Court found...

Russia Detains Greek Oil Tanker After Leaving Port in Estonia

Russia detained a Greek oil tanker on Sunday after it left a port in Estonia in the Baltic Sea, while sailing on an agreed upon route in Russian territorial waters, the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The Liberian-flagged "Green...

Greek Shipping Companies Plead Guilty To Polluting Sea In The U.S.

Two Greek shipping companies pleaded guilty to the illegal transport and discharge of oily waste into the sea near U.S. ports, according to U.S. Department of Justice officials. Avin International Ltd. and Kriti Ruby Special Maritime Enterprises pleaded guilty to...

Greece Leads Red Sea Rescue of Oil Tanker Attacked by Houthis

  Greece is taking a leading role in efforts to tow the damaged oil tanker MT Sounion that has been drifting in the Red Sea since a Houthi rebel attack last week. The incident has raised fears of a significant ecological...

Norwegian Ship Sinking After Ramming by Greek Tanker

Norway has evacuated the entire crew of one of its warships after it collided in a fjord with a Greek-managed oil tanker. Seven people were slightly injured in the collision in Hjeltefjord, near Bergen, in the early hours of Thursday,...

Libyan Air Force Bombs Greek Oil Tanker

Libyan air force bombed a Greek oil tanker off the Lybian coast on Sunday, injuring some of its crew members and damaging a large part of the vessel, said a national army source. A Libyan air force fighter jet attacked...

Greek Crewman Killed on Tanker Airstrike at Libyan Port

  A Greek oil tanker with a Liberian flag was attacked by an unidentified military aircraft in a Libyan port. A 29-year-old Greek crewman was killed and two other crew members were injured. The Operations Center Headquarters of the Greek Coast...

Greek Oil Tanker Hijacked in Togo Waters

A Ghanaian military spokesman reported on Sunday that a Greek oil tanker that disappeared in the Gulf of Guinea is likely to have moved from Ghanaian to Togolese waters. "The vessel is not in our waters," Eric Aggrey-Quashie told Agence France Presse....