Key UAE Port Suspends Oil Loadings After Drone Attack, Fire
Smoke rises from the direction of an energy installation in Fujairah, on March 14.
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The United Arab Emirates suspended loading operations at the key oil-trading hub of Fujairah after a drone strike and fire on Saturday, demonstrating the vulnerability of the country’s only export route while the Strait of Hormuz is blocked.
The blaze has since been extinguished, which could potentially allow for loadings to resume, a person with knowledge of the matter said. There were no tankers at any of the port’s oil loading points on Saturday evening, tanker tracking data show.