Drone hits US-owned gas storage tanker at Egypt's Damietta port, Ambrey says

A drone hit a US-owned gas storage tanker at Egypt's Mediterranean port of Damietta, British maritime security firm Ambrey said, citing an initial assessment of the incident, Report informs, citing Reuters.

Egypt's Petroleum Ministry confirmed a fire at the port but did not mention a drone attack.

Port services firm Inchcape said two gas tankers had caught fire at Damietta.

Three trading sources familiar with the incident said the drone struck the floating storage tanker Energos Winter, causing a fire that spread to another vessel, Gaslog Salem. Two security sources said the likely cause of the blast was assessed as a drone strike.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Energos Winter is a floating storage and regasification unit owned by US-based Energos Infrastructure.

Egypt's Petroleum Ministry said the fire was dealt with immediately by firefighting and security teams. It said there were no injuries or fatalities, and emergency and technical teams were assessing the impact of the incident.