❗️The oil tanker #Vilamoura, carrying 1 million barrels of oil, exploded off the coast of #Libya. The tanker had previously called at 🇷🇺 #Russian ports twice.

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A tanker that called at the #Russian ports suffered an explosion while near #Libya, #Bloomberg reports.

The #Vilamoura, hauling 1 million barrels of oil, is being towed to #Greece, where damage will be assessed upon arrival. The cause of the blast is unclear, but it caused water intake, and the vessel's engine room is flooded.

A tanker called at the #Russian port of #Ust_Luga in early April, where it loaded #Kazakh-origin barrels,

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