Tanker ablaze
NZPA-Reuter Bahrain The Saudi supertanker Yanbu Pride was ablaze after being attacked yesterday by an unidentified aircraft within the limits of Saudi Arabia’s main oilexporting port, Ras Tanura. shipping sources said late last evening. The 212,000-ton tanker sent out a Mayday signal and tugs from Bahrain were on the way to help her, they said.
The vessel’s position was reported to be close to Ras
Tanura, north-west of Bahrain in the Gulf. The sources said that the ship had asked for help from the authorities at Jubail, the Saudi industrial port city farther north.
The incident was the fifth air attack on oil tankers in the Gulf since Sunday.
The Yanbu Pride, formerly called the Mobil Pride, is owned by the Arabian International Maritime Company of Saudi Arabia and managed by Interocean, Ltd.
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