ConfirmedShipping, energy & marketsDamietta, Egypt
Drone strike sets gas ships on fire at Egypt's Damietta LNG terminal
- Mountain Time
- Local time
- 9:13 PM in Cairo
- Where
- Damietta, Egypt
An explosion during cargo discharge at the LNG terminal in Damietta, on Egypt's Mediterranean coast, damaged the Energos Winter storage and regasification vessel and the GasLog Salem tanker, which were moved offshore. Egypt's cabinet said the next day a preliminary inquiry found a drone caused the fire; no one claimed it, and the Houthis denied involvement.
Why it matters
It is the first attack on Egypt in the war and the first on energy infrastructure in the Mediterranean, at a key LNG import hub near the Suez Canal.
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