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Friday, July 30, 2010

Japan, damaged oil tanker..[ 1547 ]

Mitsui releases photos of damaged oil tanker

(Mainichi Japan) July 30, 2010

Shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. has released photographs of its M. Star oil tanker, which was damaged in what is believed to be an explosion near the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman.
The pictures suggest that there was a powerful blast outside the ship. A lifeboat mounted on its starboard deck was apparently blown away by the force of the blast, while the door of the ship's bridge on its rear starboard side was damaged, exposing insulation materials in the walls and the ceiling inside the room. Another photo shows the window frames of the dining room scattered on tables.

In this photo taken on July 29, 2010, a lifeboat mounted on the
starboard side of the M. Star oil supertanker is missing. (Photo
courtesy of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.)

In this photo taken on July 29, 2010, a lifeboat mounted on the starboard side of the M. Star oil supertanker is missing. (Photo courtesy of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.)

"The area around the door was not wet, and it is unlikely that a wave caused the damage," said a company official, denying a media report that a tsunami from an earthquake in Iran caused the accident.

In this photo taken inside the Mitsui O.S.K. Lines' M. Star oil
supertanker on July 29, 2010, the door leading to the upper deck is seen
damaged by the blast and the walls of the room have collapsed. (Photo
courtesy of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.)

In this photo taken inside the Mitsui O.S.K. Lines' M. Star oil supertanker on July 29, 2010, the door leading to the upper deck is seen damaged by the blast and the walls of the room have collapsed. (Photo courtesy of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.)

According to the shipping company, however, no burning odor was reported nor has it detected any possible cause of the explosion around the damaged area of the vessel. After the blast a crew member saw a flash of light on the horizon, but no one heard a discharge sound, the official added.

In this photo taken inside the Mitsui O.S.K. Lines' M. Star oil
supertanker on July 29, 2010, the window frames of the dining room on
the starboard upper deck are scattered on the tables. (Photo courtesy of
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.)

In this photo taken inside the Mitsui O.S.K. Lines' M. Star oil supertanker on July 29, 2010, the window frames of the dining room on the starboard upper deck are scattered on the tables. (Photo courtesy of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd.)

The shipping company has dispatched a fact-finding team to the port of Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates, where the supertanker is docked, and is investigating the cause of the incident in collaboration with the Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (Japan Maritime Association) and U.S. and British navel forces.

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