The coast guard is working to determine whether the vessel is leaking oil — in what could be a major spill — after it rescued 16 of 17 crew members in a nighttime operation. The ship was sailing from iraq to greece with a crew of two russian and. The pentagon on tuesday warned of a “potential environmental catastrophe” in the red sea as it said that an oil tanker set on fire by yemen’s rebel houthis now appeared to be leaking crude.
Tanker in Accident Pollutes Nature with Oil Spill, Ecological Disaster
A greek tanker struck by a houthi missile in the red sea is leaking oil, posing a significant environmental threat and disrupting global shipping routes.
Defense department says oil may be leaking in large volume from a greek oil tanker which was damaged in attack by houthi rebels in the red sea last week
