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Incidents to two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman
You they would have been explosions and fires on board. Blank the crews
June 13, 2019
Today in the Gulf of Oman two oil tankers have quickly local incidents that much average have asserted to be caused from attack to the ships. The two units are product tanker the Kokuka Courageous of Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM), on which it seems has happened an explosion while it was to about 70 miles nautical from Fujairah and to about 14 miles nautical from the coast Iranian, and of the Aframax Front Altair of the Frontline.
Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) Singapore, that he takes part of the German group Schulte, has spoken about a "happened problem of safety on board of product carrier the Kokuka Courageous" and has announced that, because of the incident "that has provoked the damaging of the straight part of the hull of the ship", the 21 members of the crew have abandoned the ship on a life boat and quickly are recovered by the ship Coastal Ace that was in presses. A marine one turns out hurt light.
Oil company taiwanese CPC Corporation, that it has rented Front Altair, has announced that the ship is attacked, incident that has caused a fire, and that the crew has abandoned the oil tanker and it is recovered by the ship Hyundai Dubay of the South Korean Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM). This last one has specified that on board of Front Altair an explosion has happened.
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