Oil Tanker Explodes off Libya, No Injuries Reported

June 30, 2025

An oil tanker carrying about 1 million barrels of crude oil suffered an explosion off Libya on June 27 but no injuries or pollution were reported, a spokesperson for the operator TMS Tankers said on Monday.

The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker Vilamoura had left Libya's Zuetina port and was en route to Gibraltar when there was an explosion in the engine room, the operator said.

Vilamoura oil tanker (Credit: TMS Tankers)
Vilamoura oil tanker (Credit: TMS Tankers)

The vessel is now being towed to Greece where it is expected to arrive by July 2, it added.


(Reuters - Reporting by Angeliki KoutantouEditing by Gareth Jones)

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