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Case 2 LIMBURG - Oil Spill, Yemen, 6th October 2002
Case 2 LIMBURG - Oil Spill, Yemen, 6th October 2002
On the morning of 6th October 2002 the French tanker LIMBURG (299,364 DWT) suffered an explosion and fire as she approached the SBM at the Ash Shihr terminal in Yemen. Initially the cause of the explosion and subsequent fire was unclear but it is now considered likely to have been the result of a terrorist attack. Damage was sustained to No. 4 Starboard tank, which at the time contained some 13,500 tonnes of Arabian Heavy crude. The vessel had part loaded at Ras Tanura with 54,000 tonnes of crude and was to load the rest of her cargo in Yemen for delivery to Malaysia.
The fire was limited to one tank and continued to burn for two days, consuming the great majority of the tanks' contents, although some was spilled to the sea. Aerial observations made that day revealed several hundred tonnes of oil residues still afloat on the sea close to the coast, and oil was stranding on shores as a result of onshore winds. Small volumes of oil - most likely oil that had been trapped in the space between the double hulls of the newly built vessel - continued to leak from the damaged area over essive days.
No coherent slicks which would be amenable to containment and recovery were seen after 8th October, and the viscous nature of the burned and weathered oil also meant that it could