What you need to know
- Port services firm Inchcape said in a separate message two gas tankers had caught fire at Damietta
- The drone hit a U.S.-owned gas storage tanker, causing a fire that then spread to another vessel, three trading sources familiar with the incident said.
- Drone hits storage tanker at Egyptian port, security firm says
- Drone hits gas storage tanker at Egypt's Mediterranean port: British maritime security firm
- 2 approved source domains currently support this coverage record.
Port services firm Inchcape said in a separate message two gas tankers had caught fire at Damietta
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What happened
The drone hit a U.S.-owned gas storage tanker, causing a fire that then spread to another vessel, three trading sources familiar with the incident said.
Drone hits storage tanker at Egyptian port, security firm says
Port services firm Inchcape said in a separate message two gas tankers had caught fire at Damietta
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Drone hits storage tanker at Egyptian port, security firm says
The drone hit a U.S.-owned gas storage tanker, causing a fire that then spread to another vessel, three trading sources familiar with the incident said.
- confirmed
Drone hits gas storage tanker at Egypt's Mediterranean port: British maritime security firm
Port services firm Inchcape said in a separate message two gas tankers had caught fire at Damietta
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