A series of mysterious limpet mine attacks on oil tankers has shaken the shipping world, prompting speculation that the explosions were part of a state-backed sabotage campaign.

Is the global oil supply chain a battlefield for unseen threats now? The recent blast on board the Vilamoura, a tanker ...

A series of mysterious explosions on oil tankers has raised concerns across the global maritime industry, with observers ...

A wave of suspected underwater explosive attacks targeting commercial oil tankers in the Mediterranean throughout 2025 has ...

Turkish military drone giant Baykar took over the Italian manufacturing sites of Piaggio Aerospace in Villanova d’Albenga and ...

On 27 June 2025, an explosion occurred aboard the oil tanker Vilamoura while it was sailing off the coast of Libya. The propulsion system was damaged, leaving the vessel adrift. This is the fifth such ...

The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Vilamoura had left the Libyan port of Zuetina on June 27 to head to Gibraltar with some 1 million barrels of oil when there was an explosion in the engine room, its ...

Since January, five Russian shadow fleet tankers have experienced mysterious blasts post-docking, leading to debates about ...