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An oil tanker was attacked yesterday by a “booby-trapped boat” off the port of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, in an attack that Riyadh described as a “terrorist.”
An official source from the Ministry of Energy said that a ship destined for the transport of fuel, which was anchored in the Jeddah fuel dump, was exposed in the first minutes of yesterday morning to an attack by a booby boat, which resulted in a small fire, which the fire fighting and security units managed to extinguish, and it did not work. There were no injuries or deaths in the accident, thank God, and there was no damage to the fuel unloading facilities, or impact on their supplies.
The source denounced this terrorist attack, noting that it occurs shortly after the attack on another ship in Al-Shuqaiq, on the petroleum products distribution station in the north of Jeddah, and on the floating unloading platform of the product distribution station. oil companies in Jizan, and that these terrorist acts of sabotage, directed against vital facilities go beyond targeting the Kingdom and its vital facilities, to targeting the security and stability of the world’s energy supply and the global economy.
The source highlighted the severity of such criminal acts and their destructive impact on maritime traffic, the security of oil exports and the freedom of world trade, in addition to the threat of coastal and regional waters with exposure to major environmental disasters that could result from the leakage of oil or petroleum products.
The source noted that the world today, more than ever, has an urgent need to unite against those subversive terrorist acts and take practical deterrent measures against all terrorist actors who implement and support them.
The Singapore-based company Hafnia said in a statement that the crew of the 22-seater tanker “BW Ryan”, which carries the Singapore flag, was not injured.
According to a statement, the tanker “was hit by an external source while unloading its cargo, causing an explosion and fire.” “The crew put out the fire with the help of firefighters on the ground and tugs,” he added.
These incidents confirm the fragility of the oil infrastructure in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the face of attacks, at a time when the Houthis are stepping up their attack on the Kingdom in response to the military campaign in Yemen, they say.
In the reactions, Kuwait expressed its strong condemnation and denunciation of the attack on an oil tanker in the port of Jeddah.
Egypt also expressed its condemnation of the attack on an oil tanker in the port of Jeddah.
Egypt emphasized its full condemnation and rejection of any act of “terrorist sabotage” directed at regional waters and vital facilities in Saudi Arabia, as they pose a threat to the security and stability of the Kingdom and the security and freedom of international navigation and trade.
The Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Ahmed Aboul Gheit, condemned the attack and indicated that these terrorist acts not only target the Kingdom, but also pose a serious threat to international trade and the principle of freedom of navigation. .
The Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council condemned the Houthi attack on a fuel tanker off Jeddah.
In turn, the president of the Arab Parliament condemned “the terrorist attack on a fuel transport ship off Jeddah.”
He said that “attacking oil facilities constitutes a threat to the world’s energy supply.” He called on “the international community to confront the attacks of the Houthi militia.”
(AFP – SPA)
