JOHOR BARU: A 15-man hazardous material (hazmat) unit from the Fire and Rescue Department will be deployed to the Gabon-registered crude oil tanker after an on-board explosion rocked the vessel 48 hours ago.
JOHOR BARU: A simulation shows that the three missing crewmen from MT Pablo could have been swept into Indonesian waters, says Johor Maritime director First Admiral maritime Nurul Hizam Zakaria.
JOHOR BARU: Shipmaster Lepyoshkin Oleksandr thought he was at war when the Gabon-registered crude oil tanker ship under his command exploded after it caught fire some 60km northeast of Tanjung Sedili.
JOHOR BARU: The Gabon-registered oil tanker, which was engulfed in flames near Tanjung Sedili waters, is still unsafe for Malaysian authorities to board.
JOHOR BARU, May 2 The authorities have not ruled out the possibility that MT Pablo’s three missing crew members survived the fire that broke out on board yesterday and remain.