Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 7

16-Feb-2009

UAE

Laden Oil Tanker Badly Damaged In Collision Near Jebel Ali

A container ship collided near the coast of Dubai on 10 February with an oil tanker carrying 30,000 tons of condensate from Iran to the UAE. The collision took place five nautical miles off the port of Jebel Ali, Dubais main industrial port, where the oil tanker Kashmir was headed. The vessel was laden with 22 tanks of condensate, only one of which was affected by the incident,...