Delta Tankers
{{Short description|Greek shipping company}}
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| industry = Oil tanker, Bulk cargo
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| founded = 2006
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Delta Tankers is a Greek shipping company, {{Cite news |url= https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazil-police-suspect-greek-flagged-ship-was-source-of-oil-spills-11572618549 |date= 1 November 2019 |title= Brazil Police Suspect Greek-Flagged Ship Was Source of Oil Spills |last= Lewis |first= Jeffrey T. |newspaper= The Wall Street Journal |language= en-US |access-date= 2019-11-05 |id= 11572618549 }} {{Cite web |url= https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/delta-tankers-says-no-proof-on-brazil-spill-connection |title= Delta Tankers Says "No Proof" on Brazil Spill Connection |website= The Maritime Executive |date= 3 November 2019 |language= en |access-date= 2019-11-05 }} highly active in the suezmax and VLCC sectors. {{Cite web |url= https://lloydslist.maritimeintelligence.informa.com/LL1129234/Greek-tanker-owners-moving-to-LNG |title= Greek tanker owners moving to LNG |date= 2019-10-03 |author= Nigel Lowry |website= Lloyd's List |access-date= 2019-11-05 }}
Controversies
{{Main article|2019 Northeast Brazil oil spill}}
Delta Tankers ltd is the manager of the crude oil tanker Bouboulina (IMO 9298753), the ship that Brazilian investigators said was the source of oil tarring thousands of kilometers of coastline since August 2019. {{Cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-oil-spill-idUSKBN1XB4U9 |title= Delta tankers says Brazil has not not contacted them over oil leak |date= 2019-11-01 |work= Reuters |access-date= 2019-11-05 |language= en }} Delta Tankers Ltd said on Friday{{when|date=September 2024}} that it has not been contacted by Brazilian authorities investigating an oil spill incident in Brazil. The Brazilian oil spill prompted the company in November 2019 to offer to share the ship's data with the Brazilian investigators. {{cite news |work= Reuters |date= 2 November 2019 |title= 'No proof' Greek vessel activity led to oil leak off Brazil coast: ship manager |url= https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-oil-spill-delta-idUSKBN1XC0CR |id= idUSKBN1XC0CR |accessdate= 29 May 2022 |language= en }}
In 2022 Ukraine added Delta Tankers to its International Sponsors of War list. {{cite web |title= The status of five Greek shipping companies was restored in the list of war sponsors |url= https://nazk.gov.ua/en/news/the-status-of-five-greek-shipping-companies-was-restored-in-the-list-of-war-sponsors/#:~:text=Therefore%2C%20the%20NACP%20restored%20their,Minerva%20Marine%3B%20TMC%20Tankers%20LTD. |date= 7 August 2023 |author= National Agency on Corruption Prevention |publisher= Government of Ukraine |language= en }}
Accidents and incidents
- Attacks on the Sounion: In August 2024, the tanker Sounion was attacked by Houthi forces of Yemen. She was abandoned, and then set ablaze. Salvage operations started in September 2024. {{cite news |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/29/world/middleeast/oil-tanker-red-sea-yemen-houthi-attack.html |title= Here's What We Know About the Oil Tanker Stuck in the Red Sea |author= Lynsey Chutel |date= 29 August 2024 |work= The New York Times }} {{Cite news |url= https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/salvage-operation-mv-sounion-oil-tanker-about-start-no-signs-oil-spill-eu-naval-2024-09-02/ |title= Salvage operation of MV Sounion oil tanker about to start, no signs of oil spill, EU naval mission says |date= 2 September 2024 |work= Reuters }}
See also
References
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External links
{{commons category|Delta Tankers}}
- [http://www.deltatankers.gr/ Official website]