Hafnia Says Oil Tanker Hit By ‘External Source’ In Saudi Arabia
HAFNIA – Hafnia, a shipping firm, said that one of its oil tankers, have been hit by an “external source” in Saudi Arabia.
The said oil tanker, identified as the BW Rhine, was discharging at Jeddah port in Saudi Arabia when the incident occurred, causing fire and explosion, according to a report from GMA News.
“BW Rhine has been hit from an external source whilst discharging at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at approximately 00:40 local time on 14 December 2020, causing an explosion and subsequent fire onboard,”
The crew of BW Rhine fortunately put out the fire and no one was harmed. However, parts of the ship’s hull had been damaged.
“It is possible that some oil has escaped from the vessel, but this has not been confirmed and instrumentation currently indicates that oil levels on board are at the same level as before the incident,”
BW Rhine is a Singapore-flagged tanker with the capacity to carry 60,000-80,000 tonnes of light and middle distillate oil products, according to the said firm and shipping data on Refinitiv.
Based on the report, the tanker loaded at about 60,000 tonnes of gasoline from Yanbu port on December 6.
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