Middle East

Tanker loading at Marsa Brega amid Libyan oil tension

Cairo: AIS live ship tracking data showed that the first tanker was loaded with crude oil successfully in the Libyan port of Marsa Brega this week after the resumption of work in the past week following the strike of the port’s workers.

The data showed that the Vallesina crude oil tanker loaded 110,000 tons on August 24 and 25 and was on its way to Genoa.

The work at the port was resumed on Tuesday, according to sources in the oil sector in Libya. The last ship to load fuel at the port was the Delta Victory on August 9.

Separately a video has emerged of a vessel, A Whale, owned by Taiwan’s TMT, being fired upon by a patrol boat of the Libyan navy. Libya has said no ships can call without permission from the national oil conglomerate.  [27/08/13]

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