Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — An explosion rocked a Singapore-flagged oil tanker off the Saudi port city of Jeddah on Monday, the vessel’s owner said, in the latest in a series of attacks on energy infrastructure in the kingdom.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the blast on the tanker BW Rhine, but it comes as Iran-backed Huthi rebels in neighboring Yemen step up cross-border attacks against Saudi targets in retaliation for a five-year military campaign led by Riyadh.
“BW Rhine has been hit from an external source whilst discharging at Jeddah… causing an explosion and subsequent fire on board,” its owner, Singapore-based shipping company Hafnia, said in a statement.
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