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title: Explosion - Jeddah Anchorage Area
description: Reporting indicates that a vessel has experienced an explosion  within the main tanker anchorage at the Saudi Aramco Jeddah Port.
---

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# [Explosion - Jeddah Anchorage Area](https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/archive/explosion-jeddah-anchorage-area)

 Written by [Dryad Global](https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/archive/author/dryad-global) | December 14, 2020 at 12:38 AM

Reporting indicates that a vessel has experienced an explosion whist carrying out operations within the main tanker anchorage at the Saudi Aramco Jeddah Port.

 

This video obtained from Dryad Global's sources shows the Singaporean flagged MT BW RHINE (IMO9341940) on fire after the vessel was "hit from an external source whilst conducting discharge operations at Jeddah".

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