“Suspicious object” discovered on tanker
Written by
Nick Blenkey
The crew of a Liberian flagged tanker have found what appears to be a limpet mine attached to the vessel’s hull while conducting ship to ship operations 6 nautical miles south of the Al Bakr Terminal offshore Iraq.
The ship’s manager, Dynacom Tankers, has issued this statement:
Dynacom Tankers confirms that today at approximately 0500 hours UTC, a suspicious object was observed attached to the hull of our vessel the M/T P
ola (IMO 9493767) as she was discharging her cargo during a ship to ship operation in Kaz anchorage, Iraq.