Salvage of Burning Oil Tanker in Red Sea Set to Start, EU Says
- Fires continue on Sounion’s deck, so far no signs of oil spill
- Private firms involved in salvage operation of Sounion tanker
The Sounion is carrying about 1 million barrels of crude loaded in Iraq.
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Salvage operations for a Houthi-hit oil tanker that’s been burning in the Red Sea for days is set to begin soon, the European Union’s naval force in the region said.
Private firms will carry out the operations for the Sounion tanker under the EU’s force’s military protection, EUNAVFOR Aspides said, without providing more details or naming the companies. Fires continue to burn on the deck of the vessel and “there are no visible signs of an oil spill,” the task force said in a post on X.