After a collision with a supertanker on a sanctioned vessel, which is also designed to transport oil, a fire continues.
A video clip got online: a fire continues on the Adalynn tanker in the Gulf of Oman. It broke out after the supertanker Front Eagle, which was traveling from Iraq to China, jumped on it late on June 16. It can be seen that the vessel received serious damage to the stern from the starboard side.
Also, information about the fire is confirmed in TankerTrackers. They published a satellite image of tankers that continue to remain in Gulf of Oman — near the territorial waters of the UAE. A column of smoke rises from the tanker Adalynn.
Earlier, TankerTrackers reported that the Gulf of Oman off the coast of the UAE and not far from Two tankers collided in the Strait of Hormuz.
"While moving south at a speed of 13.1 knots in the international waters of the Gulf of Oman about 22.5 nautical miles from the coast of Khor Fakkan, the supertanker Front Eagle performed a starboard turn, which led to a collision with the stern of the port side of the tanker Adalynn, which was moving southeast at a speed of 4.8 knots towards the Suez Canal.", — reports TankerTrackers.
"After the incident, all 24 crew members of the Adalynn were safely rescued by the UAE Coast Guard, according to the UAE National Guard," the oil transportation tracking portal reported.
It is known that Front Eagle was moving with a cargo of Iraqi oil up to 300 thousand tons from Persian Gulf to China. On July 5, the ship was scheduled to arrive in Zhoushan. The tanker Adalynn, in turn, left the waters of the UAE empty and headed for the Suez Canal. This vessel is under US sanctions because of the transportation of Venezuelan oil.
"Based on the available data, this event does not appear to be an incident related to regional conflicts or the result of electronic warfare aimed at AIS/GPS signals. In addition to AIS, ships use radars and radio communications for navigation coordination. The incident most likely occurred due to a misunderstanding or a navigational miscalculation between the vessels," TankerTrackers reported.
TradeWinds sources in Singapore reported that the supertanker is chartered by Unipec, the trading division of the Sinopec oil company.
The maritime safety company Diaplous Group reported that a strong fire started a few minutes after the collision, possibly due to residual fuel, engine room or cargo ignition: "An oil tanker flying the flag of Antigua and Barbuda suffered serious structural damage."