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Oil tankers struck in suspected attacks in Gulf of Oman

Two oil tankers were hit in a suspected attack in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday morning, increasing alarmingly oil prices, amid an ongoing tension in the Middle East. The incident comes only a month after a similar incident in which four tankers in the region were struck.

The Bahrain-based US Navy Fifth Fleet said it was assisting the tankers after receiving distress calls following ‘reported attacks’, Reuters reported.

There are no many details as to what happened. The charterer, Taiwan’s CPC,...

https://safety4sea.com/oil-tankers-struck-in-suspected-attacks-in-gulf-of-oman/

Three dead after explosion onboard tanker

An explosion took place onboard a tanker’s engine room at the Port of Makhachkala, Russia, on June 11. The explosion occurred while oil products were being pumped at the port, while three people died, and three others were transferred to the hospital.

The fire onboard the tanker has now been fully extinguished, the Russian news agency TASS reported the local Emergencies Ministry saying.

Namely, by 13:20 Moscow time the fire, which had covered an area of 600 square meters, has been fully put out....

https://safety4sea.com/three-dead-after-explosion-onboard-tanker/

Explosion kills two at Bangladesh shipbreaking yard

Two men lost their lives and five other workers suffered severe burn injuries, after an explosion at the Chittagong shipbreaking area in the early morning hours of Wednesday.

At around 8:30 AM, a fire broke out onboard the crude oil tanker ‘Bunga Kelana 4’, beached at Mahinur Ship Breaking yard, also known as Premium Trade Corporation, according to data provided by NGO Shipbreaking Platform.

The flames spread from abandoned waste oil located close to the engine room where workers were...

https://safety4sea.com/explosion-kills-two-at-bangladesh-shipbreaking-yard/

Lack of maintenance and safety management caused the explosion on barge off Texas

An explosion and fire aboard the articulated tug and barge ‘Buster Bouchard‘ was the result of a lack of effective maintenance and safety management of the barge by the owner company, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said in a report released Thursday.

The incident

On 20 October 2017, at 0430 local time, the crews of the articulated tug and barge (ATB) Buster Bouchard/B. No. 255 were preparing to get under way from anchorage to proceed into the Port of Corpus Christi, Texas,...

https://safety4sea.com/lack-of-maintenance-and-safety-management-caused-the-explosion-on-barge-off-texas/

Three injured after explosion on bulker

An explosion took place on board the bulk carrier ‘Great Aspiration’, on April 17, in Celtic sea off Lizard, UK. Three crewmembers sustained serious burns, and were in need of medical assistance, sources report.

The inured men were rescued from the bulker, as a search and rescue helicopter winched them off the ship.

The coast guard was alerted, while the ship interrupted its voyage from Baltimore, US to IJmuiden, Netherlands.

Sources mention that the explosion occurred in the engine room, but...

https://safety4sea.com/three-injured-after-explosion-on-bulker/

Lessons Learned: Measure gas concentration prior to cleaning ops in cargo oil tank

Japan Transport Safety Board issued an accident investigation concerning a chemical tanker that was conducting cleaning work in a cargo oil tank. Yet, the cleaning work resulted to an explosion leading to the injury of two seamen and damages to the cargo.

The Incident

On April 8, 2018, at approximately 1005 hours, an explosion occurred in the cargo oil tank of the chemical tanker ‘Golden Sunny Hana’, as it was sailing southeast off to the southeast of Kunisaki Port, Oita Prefecture, and the...

https://safety4sea.com/lessons-learned-measure-gas-concentration-prior-to-cleaning-ops-in-cargo-oil-tank/

MT Haven: The worst oil spill ever in the Mediterranean

Last week marked 18 years since the explosion and sinking of the VLCC ‘MT Haven’ off the coast of Genoa, Italy. To date, Haven is not only known as the world’s largest shipwrecks, but also the largest oil spill in the history of the Mediterranean Sea.

https://safety4sea.com/cm-mt-haven-the-worst-oil-spill-ever-in-the-mediterranean/

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