The media reported an explosion on a tanker with 1 million barrels of oil off the coast of Libya

The tanker Vilamoura, carrying about 1 million barrels of oil, exploded off the coast of Libya. This was reported by Bloomberg on June 30.

"The explosion caused water to flow into the tanker, and the ship's engine room was flooded," the report said.

A representative of the TMS Tankers management company said there was no oil leak. According to the Reuters news agency, the explosion occurred on June 27, and the ship is now being towed to Greece, where it is scheduled to arrive on July 2. It is noted that the tanker sailed under the flag of the Marshall Islands.

On the wave: what happened to tankers on Sakhalin and in the Leningrad region

Two major accidents are currently under active remediation efforts

On June 17, Coast Guard officers of the National Guard of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) evacuated 24 crew members of the tanker Adalynn after a collision with the vessel Front Eagle. At that time, it was reported that the sailors were taken to the port of Khor Fakkan by rescue boats.