The IRGC navy accused the tanker of having turned off its positioning and radar systems in an effort to evade detection.
A super tanker has caught fire after striking a sea mine in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Saturday.
In a statement shared via Iranian state media, the IRGC’s navy said a tanker carrying more than two million barrels of oil struck a mine whilst “attempting to pass through an unauthorised route” in the Strait, causing a “massive explosion” and a “fierce fire.” It is unclear exactly where the incident took place.
The insurance companies should not allow transit at all. That they do, means someone is subsidizing them to do so secretly, and that is the truth.
Those things costed 100 million or more even before 2015 and all the inflation.
A “super tanker” (a VLCC or Suezmax) built in 2015 would be about 100m. I new one built today would be between 300m-500m.