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Greek-owned VLCC hit by drone in Iraqi waters

Splash 24/7 Trade press Published 9th September 2026 Singapore

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What the source reported

Source-reported

<p>A Greek-owned VLCC carrying around 2m barrels of Iraqi fuel oil was struck by a drone in Iraqi territorial waters on Wednesday. The 302,500 dwt New Andros was hit at around 06.00 local time east of Al-Faw, triggering a fire onboard. Iraqi rescue vessels extinguished the blaze and all 22 crewmembers were reported safe. Iraq’s &#8230;</p> </p>

Publication
Splash 24/7 · Trade Publication
Published
9th September 2026
Original report
splash247.com

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography
Singapore
Organisations
None identified
Collected
9th September 2026 · 17:48

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

A provisional, automatically computed reading of this individual Signal, before Event extraction or human review. Not a final rating.

Significance 2 · Moderate
Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Moderate (35.0/100). Strongest contributor: Likely Event Severity (21.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Geographic Breadth (0.0/10 points). Initial Confidence Low (30.93/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Specificity (0.0/20 points).

Strongest contributor
Likely Event Severity
Limiting factor
Geographic Breadth