An explosion rocked a ship off Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jeddah on the Red Sea, according to reports on Monday.
Dryad Global, a maritime intelligence firm, reported on its website that the explosion occurred on an oil tanker at 2211 GMT on Sunday.
“Reports indicate that a vessel has experienced an explosion whilst carrying out operations within the main tanker anchorage at the Saudi Aramco Jeddah Port,’’ the firm said.
Reports have not offered a cause of the explosion.
The United Kingdom Marine Trade Operations, an organisation under Britain’s Royal Navy, urged ships in the area to exercise caution and said investigations were ongoing.
