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Seafarer Killed After Gulf Oil Tanker Struck by Missile

06 NOV 2026 · 1547Z

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One seafarer was killed in an explosion believed to have been caused by a missile attack on an oil products tanker in the Gulf on Thursday, the ship's manager said on Friday.The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker MT Velos Sapphire was sailing unladen towards Bahrain when it was hit…

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