Source: Lloyds List
SOME 18,000 gallons of fuel oil from the 2003-built aframax crude tanker Krymsk have spilt about 40 miles southeast of Galveston, after the ship collided with the offshore supply vessel AET Endeavour late on Tuesday.
The US Coast Guard said the leak from the 2003-built, 115,605 dwt Krymsk has been secured, and no injuries are reported on either vessel. On-water and aerial assets have been deployed for spill response operations.
Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit indicates Novorossiysk Shipping Co as the commercial and technical operator of the double-hulled Krymsk, and Sovcomflot as the beneficial owner.
The incident comes on the heels of a fuel spill on the Chemical Supplier in the Houston Ship Channel last month, which caused an oil spill of 10,500 gallons of fuel oil.
The latest casualty is likely to throw the spotlight on double hulling of fuel tanks, also known as “protectively locating” the fuel tanks.
Although International Maritime Organization standards require all newly built tankers from next year to adhere to this requirement, there is no parallel requirement to retrofit existing ships.
Both the Chemical Supplier and Krymsk are double-hulled ships.
SOME 18,000 gallons of fuel oil from the 2003-built aframax crude tanker Krymsk have spilt about 40 miles southeast of Galveston, after the ship collided with the offshore supply vessel AET Endeavour late on Tuesday.
The US Coast Guard said the leak from the 2003-built, 115,605 dwt Krymsk has been secured, and no injuries are reported on either vessel. On-water and aerial assets have been deployed for spill response operations.
Lloyd’s Marine Intelligence Unit indicates Novorossiysk Shipping Co as the commercial and technical operator of the double-hulled Krymsk, and Sovcomflot as the beneficial owner.
The incident comes on the heels of a fuel spill on the Chemical Supplier in the Houston Ship Channel last month, which caused an oil spill of 10,500 gallons of fuel oil.
The latest casualty is likely to throw the spotlight on double hulling of fuel tanks, also known as “protectively locating” the fuel tanks.
Although International Maritime Organization standards require all newly built tankers from next year to adhere to this requirement, there is no parallel requirement to retrofit existing ships.
Both the Chemical Supplier and Krymsk are double-hulled ships.
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