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Oil slick from damaged ship
11 days after the attack on the 'Minoan Pioneer' off Qeshm’s Coast, while the ship was transiting off the Omani coast, causing a fire and a loss of power on board, and forcing the crew to abandon ship, operations to address the damaged vessel began. On Aug 14, satellite images revealed a large oil slick near the southern tip of Iran’s Qeshm Island. Analyses by experts and maritime sources suggested that the slick was likely linked to a leak from the 'Minoan Pioneer'. The oil slick extended approximately 160 kilometers, with pollution reaching the shores of Suza on Qeshm Island. The efforts to access the vessel and mitigate the environmental impact were facing difficulties due to security conditions and restrictions imposed on rescue operations. A tug, which had been dispatched to secure the grounded vessel, could not approach it because of difficulty obtaining permission from Iranian authorities.
Bulk carrier still emitting smoke amid oil pollution
Sentinel-2c satellite imagery taken on Au off the northern tip of Oman’s Musandam Peninsula showed the extent of damage inflicted on shipping and Oman’s coastline as a consequence of Iranian IRGC drone and anti-shipping cruise missile attacks along with the 'Minoan Pioneer', which was attacked on Aug 3 with the 3rd engineer still missing. The vessel was appearing as a hot spot on NASA FIRMS fire detection satellite imagery. The ship was no longer burning to a degree which showed a red heat signature in FIRMS, but in theSentinel imagery black smoke appeared to be still coming off the bow of the ship. As the 'Minoan Pioneer' did not appear to be leaking bunker fuel, the source of the pollution unclear; though the resolution of Sentinel-2 imagery has limits, it is possible that there may be two additional, smaller vessels linked to some of the visible oil plumes. Report with photo: https://maritime-executive.com/article/oil-slicks-and-a-burning-ship-show-the-toll-of-the-hormuz-crisis
Bulk carrier still on fire after drone attack
For the second day in a row, the fire continued to burn on the "Mionan Pioneer", while the search for a missing crew member was ongoing. The bulk carrier was targeted by a drone on the morning of Aug 4 near the coast of Oman, in the area of the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz. A fire broke out, and the crew had to abandon ship. The Minoan Pioneer belonged to the Greek shipping company Modion Maritime, the shipowner was Myron Tsatsakis.
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