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VLCC Tanker Fire Brought Under Control and Tow Attached

  • After an all-day effort, the Indian CG working with teams from Sri Lanka is reporting that they have been able to bring the fire under control that has been raging for two days aboard the VLCC tanker New Diamond.
  • Teams have also been able to board the tanker, which was drifting, and attach a tow line.
  • Concern had been growing as the fire appeared to be spreading out of control aboard the tanker, which is carrying approximately two million barrels of crude oil that was bound for an Indian oil...

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[Watch] Tanker on Fire After Collision

An oil tanker collided with a sand barge near the estuary of Yangtze River off Shanghai on Aug 20, reports Maritime Bulletin.

What happened?

Tanker LONG QING 1 with around 3,000 tons of fuel on board collided with a sand barge in Yangtze Estuary waters in the morning Aug 20. 

Triggered fire

Collision impact resulted in fire on board of the tanker, while the barge sank. 

Rescue operations

Rescue team was sent to the site to rescue the 17 crew from the two vessels. So far three have been rescued and 14...

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Impending Disaster of the Oil Tanker Calls for Speedy Action

  • The outcry is getting louder for UN officials to gain access to a rusting oil tanker moored off Yemen.
  • As already the world is awake after the environmental disaster in Mauritius and the devastation in Beirut.
  • Leaders from the Arab world along with the environmental group Greenpeace are among the latest to appeal for action.
  • The single-hull FSO Safer, a 46-year-old converted tanker sits just off the port of Hodeidah in Houthi rebel-held territory.
  • Houthi (Ansar Allah) forces provide no...

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Oil Tankers Make ‘Bizarre Trips’ Around World as Diesel Glut Hits Global Market

Oil tankers’ strange trips reveal a stubborn glut of diesel, reports Bloomberg Quint.

  • One cargo of diesel got hauled all the way to Singapore from the Persian Gulf — only to be loaded onto a much bigger ship and taken back to the Middle East.
  • Another tanker hauling the fuel to Europe from India abruptly changed course over the weekend and is now heading south toward the Cape of Good Hope and signaling West Africa.
  • Over the past few months, a tanker hauling diesel west from Asia even did a...

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Oil Tanker Spill 4Times More Devastating ‘Exxon Valdez Disaster’

According to a UN News article, time is fast running out for getting a UN team of experts aboard the Yemeni oil storage vessel Safer, before it spills its cargo of 1.148 million barrels of light crude oil into the Red Sea, triggering what would likely be a massive environmental and economic catastrophe, the Security Council heard on Wednesday.

Condition Deteriorating Daily 

The condition of the ageing vessel, FSO Safer – officially owned by the Government of Yemen, but controlled since 2015 by...

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US Sought Oil Tanker Hijacked

According to an article published in AP News,  an oil tanker sought by the U.S. over allegedly circumventing sanctions on Iran was hijacked on July 5 off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a seafarers welfare organization said on Wednesday.

Hijack Attempt

Satellite photos showed the vessel in Iranian waters on Tuesday and two of its sailors remained in the Iranian capital.

It wasn’t immediately clear what happened aboard the Dominica-flagged MT Gulf Sky, though its reported hijacking comes...

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Oil Tanker With 22 Crew Members Missing, Location Unknown!

  • The crew of MV Gulf Sky was under arrest under a UAE Admiralty Law injunction.
  • It had been issued a Prohibition to Sail notice via the Commonwealth of Dominica.
  • The vessel’s location is unknown with the last AIS signal received eight days ago.
  • National and international authorities are trying to identify the location of the vessel.
  • The captain on behalf of himself and the crew had contacted authorities seeking assistance, including Human Rights at Sea.

Human Rights at Sea and the Dominica Flag...

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Seawater Seeping Into Decaying Oil Tanker Held by Rebels

  • Oil tanker moored off the coast of Yemen is at risk of exploding.
  • The tanker is loaded with more than 1 million barrels of crude oil.
  • It has the potential of causing massive environmental damage to the Red Sea.
  • It can affect marine life, desalination factories, and international shipping routes.
  • Houthi rebels who control the area where the ship is moored have denied U.N. inspectors access to the vessel.
  • The tanker is rusted and the inert gas that prevents the tanks from gathering inflammable...

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Transit Via Suez Canal Thrives Amid COVID-19

  • Transits through the Suez Canal is resilient to the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Total transits of the three commercial shipping sectors are up 8% year-on-year.
  • More than 1,000 words, but 6,166 ship transits in the Suez Canal.
  • World Bank estimates that world trade will decline by 13.4% in 2020.
  • 390 oil product tankers passed, 233 of which were Medium-range, and Handysize tankers.
  • 90 northbound ballast transits compared to 2019, a whopping increase of 90%.

According to an article published...

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An Oil Tanker Broken Into Two, Survived World War 2 Attacks!

Today, we are going to tell you about an oil tanker which survived despite being broken into during the 2nd World War, writes Sebastien Roblin in an article public the National Interest.

Backdrop

Axis forces had seemingly dealt the British a crippling blow. For the loss of sixty-two combat aircraft (forty-two Italian, nineteen German), two submarines and two badly damaged cruisers, they had destroyed a carrier, two light cruisers, a destroyer—and nine of the thirteen merchant ships carrying...

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