Gulf-Petroleum-4

The Maritime Captaincy of Almería, under the General Directorate of the Merchant Marine of the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, have imposed a €70,000 security deposit on the 'Gulf Petroleum 4', which was detained in Carboneras on March 7, 2025, after detecting 29 safety deficiencies during an inspection carried out under the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). In order to resume its voyage, the vessel must pay the security deposit and correct the detected deficiencies, which were related to navigation safety and the well-being of the crew, most of whom are from India, regarding hygiene, nutrition, and safety conditions at work on board; the prevention and control of pollution, both maritime and atmospheric; lifesaving and firefighting equipment; as well as the operational management of the vessel and maintenance of critical equipment on board. Following the inspection, the Maritime Authority has prohibited the vessel from sailing until it pays the €70,000 guarantee to the General Treasury Deposit Box and has corrected the deficiencies detected in all areas. The ship remained stationary in Carboneras as of March 13.

On March 22, 2020, at 4.30 p.m. an explosion allegedly occurred in the engine room aof the 'Gulf Petroleum 4' in pos. 32 00 N 015 55 E off the Libyan coast. A number of crew members weas injured and in need of medical assistance. The tanker was disabled and adrift. It had been engaged in operations in the Gulf of Sidra since March 16 after leaving Benghazi, where it had arrived on March 13, coming from Sharjah with a cargo of jet oil for the Libyan National Army (LNA). It had left Benghazi on March 16. The tanker was seized by the Libyan army in the evening of March 22 to be taken to an army-controlled port for investigations. The tanker sailed from Misurata on Oct 23 at 10 a.. and berthed in Khoms at 6 p.m.