Damaged Tanker’s Oil Is Transferred
The Iranian oil tanker Kharg 5, damaged in an explosion in the Atlantic almost two months ago, finally unloaded its remaining cargo of crude oil onto another Iranian vessel at sea and headed for a European port for repairs, Tehran Radio said Monday.
Mohammed Souri, chief of the National Iranian Tanker Co., said in an interview that the Kharg 5 and the Shirkuh were bound together for the operation, and a total of 190,000 tons of oil was unloaded from the damaged ship.
On Dec. 18, an explosion occurred aboard the Kharg 5 after the ship was involved in a collison during a storm. The blast damaged one oil tank, spilling its crude into the sea. The remaining 14 tanks were mostly undamaged and retained their cargo. The exact cause of the explosion has not yet been determined.
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