Basra port operations continue after drone strikes ship
2026-07-16T09:51:05+00:00
Shafaq News- Basra
Maritime traffic at Basra Oil Port in southern Iraq is proceeding normally after an unidentified drone struck a docked oil tanker on Thursday without exploding or causing damage.
"There is no halt to export operations or work at the port of Basra, and conditions are proceeding entirely normally," a source at the Iraqi Ports Company told Shafaq News.
A security source said the tanker, the Liberian-flagged Supreme Prosperity, with a capacity of two million barrels, was berthed at quay No. 1 at Basra Oil Port when the drone struck it. The source confirmed no material or human losses were recorded.
