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Explosion Kills Two On Bulk Carrier

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

August 26, 1999

Two Filipino sailors were killed and one seriously injured in an explosion aboard the bulk carrier Karteria in the Atlantic. Athens-based General Maritime Enterprises Corp. reportedly operates the 34,899-dwt vessel, which left New Orleans on August 16 with a cargo of iron oxide.

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