Tanker explosion, fire, 7 missing, Thailand. VIDEO

Mikhail VoytenkoThailand
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Tanker SMOOTH SEA 22 suffered explosion, followed by fire, at around 0900 LT Jan 17, at ship repair facility on Mae Klong river, west of Bangkok, Thailand. 7 people are missing, 4 suffered injures. As of 1530 LT fire was said to be under control. Tanker was undergoing maintenance repairs, explosion occurred during wielding works, so obviously, explosion was caused by gas in tank or tanks, which weren’t properly degassed. AIS undamaged, remains on air.
Product tanker SMOOTH SEA 22, IMO 9870991, dwt 6500, built 2018, flag Thailand, manager SMOOTH SEA CO LTD.

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My name is Mikhail Voytenko, I’m Russian, professional merchant marine navigator, by education and former experience. I own and run Maritime Bulletin website for more than 10 years. I've been involved in solving a number of piracy hijack cases, including the hijack of ro-ro FAINA, loaded with tanks. It was me who made public, and unravel, freighter ARCTIC SEA mystery. I've been also closely involved in a number of maritime disaster, one of them being MSC FLAMINIA major fire.