Overview

• On June 27 the Marshall Islands-flagged Vilamoura suffered an engine room explosion off Libya that flooded compartments without causing injuries or pollution.
• The tanker had departed Zueitina loaded with about one million barrels of crude bound for Gibraltar when the blast occurred.
• A tug is towing the vessel to a Greek port in the Peloponnese with an expected arrival on July 2 for on-site damage assessment.
• After divers inspect the engine room and determine the breach’s extent, the cargo will be offloaded via ship-to-ship transfer.
• TMS Tankers rejects sabotage theories as investigators probe possible mine involvement following similar recent explosions on vessels that visited Russian ports.