oil tanker

Oil tanker overturns in Nawabshah

Traffic on that portion of the National Highway has been blocked to avoid any untoward incident.

According the police, the oil tanker overturned due to over speeding, spilling 44,000 litres of petrol on the road.

The cause of incident is said to dilapidated condition of the road.

Qatar and Kuwait have told the United States that they will join a U.S.-led naval coalition in the Gulf which was established in response to a series of attacks on oil tankers,

On Friday, the US Justice Department filed a last-minute request to detain the ship

Iran said on Tuesday that Britain might free its oil tanker Grace 1 soon in a maritime saga that has exacerbated frictions between Tehran and the West.

The ill-fated oil tanker was carrying 50,000 thousands of litres of fuel exploded and caught fire after overturning on Gulbai Flyover in the Shershah area.

The crew of the British-flagged Stena Impero tanker seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are all safe, the head of the Ports and Maritime Organisation of Iran in Hormozgan Province told state TV on Sunday.

LONDON: British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt told his Iranian counterpart on Saturday that Britain would facilitate the release of the detained Grace 1 oil tanker if Tehran gave guarantees it would not go to Syria.