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Engine Room Explosion Cripples Freighter

Maritime Activity Reports, Inc.

August 10, 2000

The Cyprus-flag freighter Theofano is without power northeast of Crete after an engine-room explosion, Reuters reported.

One crew member of the 17,330-dwt vessel, bound from Leghorn to Piraeus in ballast, was seriously injured and was being lifted off by helicopter.