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MNA Business Desk: Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) will build two shallow draft oil tankers within June, 2021. Shipping Ministry secretary M Abdus Samad on Wednesday disclosed it while presiding over a meeting at his office, said a press release. The capacity of each tanker will be 400,000 litters and the corporation will build those with its own fund. High officials of the ministry and BIWTC were present at the meeting.

MNA International Desk: Saudi Arabia on Monday said that two of its tankers were targeted in a “sabotage attack” off the coast of the United Arab Emirates. Quoting energy minister Khalid Al-Falih, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reports the two tankers were targeted off the coast of Fujairah. Al-Falih explained that one tanker was en route to the kingdom to be loaded with Saudi crude oil to send to the United States to supply Saudi Aramco customers. “Fortunately, the attack didn’t lead to any casualties or oil spill; however, it caused significant damage to the structures of the two vessels,” Al-Falih ...