Third Russia-Linked Oil Tanker Suffers Explosions at Sea | An oil tanker carrying diesel suffered four external explosions near Dakar, Senegal, its manager said

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-01/oil-tanker-mersin-suffered-explosions-off-senegal-manager-says

by bloomberg

9 comments
  1. Anyone who has sailed the world’s oceans knows that there are species of flying fish. Surely the tank did not signal its presence and entered such a flying fish area.

    [https://archive.ph/bWdbG](https://archive.ph/bWdbG)

  2. Senegal is not in the black sea. So if they’re right about the location, i doubt this was Ukraine.

  3. According to sources, the diesel was on a smoking break when the explosions occurred.

  4. On the one hand, they are at war. On the other hand, they’re generally grossly incompetent. Hard to pin down a causative root with so many possible options.

  5. At which point do sailors refuse to carry shadow fleet oil? If they get a military escort would that just make them easier to find? 🙂

  6. Great for Ukraine. Not so for the environment — another casualty of war.

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