Tanker

'Sponge of the sea': Israeli researchers develop aerogel that captures, breaks down oil spills

BGU researchers created an aerogel that could capture oil spills while helping oil-eating bacteria degrade the pollutants.

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Israeli soldiers clean tar off the Palmachim beach following an offshore oil spill which drenched most of the Israeli coastline, February 22, 2021
Drone view of oil tanker HELGA berthed at one of Iraq's southern offshore oil terminals near Basra as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, April 24, 2026.

Panama tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil struck by drone in Iraqi waters

Iraqi rescue boats extinguished a fire aboard the tanker, New Andros, and there were no reports of casualties, port officials told Reuters.

|ByREUTERS
Vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, August 17, 2026.

Saudi Arabia considers introducing cheaper insurance to increase shipping in Middle East - report

Saudi Arabia, like many countries in the region, has had its economy severely impacted by the war. The Saudi Finance Ministry is considering offering a cheaper insurance option to revive shipping.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
FILE PHOTO: US Air Force planes on the tarmac of Sofia airport, Bulgaria, February 19, 2026.

Two US tanker aircraft leave Bulgaria a month after deployment upset Iran

The deployment of the aircraft, approved by Bulgaria's parliament on July 22, led to protests by nearby residents who feared the planes would be attacked by Iranian missiles and drones.

|ByREUTERS

Iranian MP blames Israel, U.S., Saudis for tanker attack

The MP told the Iranian Mehr news agency that “a video captured by cameras installed on the tanker show the attack was carried out by the US, the Zionist regime and Saudi Arabia.”

OCTOBER 16, 2019ByTZVI JOFFRE
Damage is seen on Iranian-owned Sabiti oil tanker sailing in the Red Sea, Oct. 2019

Rouhani: Too early to determine who launched missiles at Iranian tanker

OCTOBER 15, 2019ByTZVI JOFFRE
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani listens during a news conference on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2018

Iran decries 'cowardly attack' on oil tanker

Iran spokesman Ali Rabei Rabei was quoted by IRNA as saying "an appropriate response will be given to the designers of this cowardly attack..."

OCTOBER 12, 2019ByREUTERS
A crew member raises the Iranian flag on Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, previously named Grace 1, as it sits anchored after the Supreme Court of the British territory lifted its detention order, in the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 18, 2019.

UK tanker held in Iran leaves Bandar Abbas port

A spokesman for the ship's owner, Stena Bulk of Sweden, said on Friday that the vessel was preparing to leave.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019ByREUTERS
Stena Impero, a British-flagged vessel owned by Stena Bulk, is seen at undisclosed place off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran August 22, 2019

Iranian maritime official says UK tanker Stena Impero to be released soon

The Stena Impero was detained by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the Strait of Hormuz waterway for alleged marine violations, two weeks after Britain seized an Iranian tanker off Gibraltar.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019ByREUTERS
Stena Impero, a British-flagged vessel owned by Stena Bulk, is seen at undisclosed place off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran August 22, 2019

Iranian tanker photographed off Syrian port Tartus: U.S. satellite firm

The blacklisted tanker, which is loaded with Iranian crude oil, sent the last signal giving its position between Cyprus and Syria sailing north at 15:53 GMT on Monday, Refinitiv data showed.

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019ByREUTERS
An oil tanker off the coast of Tartus, Syria

US offers Iranian tanker captain cash reward to allow vessel to be seized

"With this money you can have any life you wish and be well-off in old age,” wrote US special envoy Brian Hook. “If you choose not to take this easy path, life will be much harder for you.”

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019ByTZVI JOFFRE
A crew member raises the Iranian flag on Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, previously named Grace 1, as it sits anchored after the Supreme Court of the British territory lifted its detention order, in the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 18, 2019.

Iran has released 7 crew members of seized tanker Stena Impero - Sweden FM

" I now look forward to the release of the entire ship and the rest of the crew. This is, of course, very gratifying for the crew and their relatives," said Sweden's FM Margot Wallstrom.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019ByREUTERS
Stena Impero, a British-flagged vessel owned by Stena Bulk, is seen at undisclosed place off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran August 22, 2019

Radical solutions to the Hormuz bottleneck

Iran’s dominance of the Strait of Hormuz has never satisfied its arch-enemy Saudi Arabia.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019ByNEVILLE TELLER
Iranian submarines participate in a naval parade on the last day of the Velayat-90 war game in the Sea of Oman near the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran January 3, 2012

Iranian tanker headed to Lebanon, not Turkey

The Adrian Darya, formerly called Grace 1, was now headed for the southeastern Turkish port of Iskenderun, tracking site Marine Traffic showed.

AUGUST 30, 2019ByREUTERS
A crew member raises the Iranian flag on Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, previously named Grace 1, as it sits anchored after the Supreme Court of the British territory lifted its detention order, in the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain, August 18, 2019.