Oil tanker hit in Iraqi waters, as vessels get caught in US-Iran attacks

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A tanker carrying about 2 million barrels of Iraqi fuel oil was struck by a drone in Iraqi territorial waters in the early hours of Wednesday, Reuters reports citing port officials.

A fire broke out aboard the Panama-flagged oil tanker ‘New Andros’ after it was hit in Iraqi waters at around 6am (8am PKT), two Iraqi port officials tell Reuters, adding that there have been no reports of casualties among the 22 crew members.

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