Zircone

Greenpease activists have painted the message "Oil fuels war - People want peace' on the hull of the 'Zircone' off Gotland on April 11, 2024. The ship has sold fuel to the Russian shadow fleet. That the 'Zircone' can only be located here outside Gotland and support Russian oil exports is scandalous and something that our politicians and authorities must stop, said Rolf Lindahl, the organization's spokesperson for energy issues. The police was treating the matter as vandalism. Their ability to investigate crimes depends on whether the action was carried out in Swedish or international waters. The vessel is at anchor east of Gotland in pos. 57° 37.61'N 019° 24.98' W. Reports with photos: https://splash247.com/greenpeace-targets-vessel-accused-of-fuelling-russias-shadow-fleet/ https://omni.se/greenpeace-aktion-mot-ryska-skuggflottans-oljetanker/a/lwg1J3

On May 25, 2017, at 7.30 a.m. a fire broke out in the engine room of the "Zircone" in the Gulf of Riga, Latvia, shortly after leaving the port of Riga, bound for Skaw. The tanker was disabled and started to drift, tugs and CG patrol boats were sent to ship. A helicopter with thermal video equipment found high temperature in the superstructure. The master requested no evacuation, all 17 crew members remained on board and were fighting the fire by own means. In the afternoon the two patrol boats "Klints - KA 09" (MMSI: 275115000), "Skrunda" (MMSI: 275404000) and the Latvian tug "Stella" (IMO: 9389655) had reached the vessel which was loaded with 7,000 tons of diesel oil and still adrift. After the engine room fire was under control the casualty was pulled to the Riga Shipyard - LVRIX - 0035, where she berthed early on May 26.

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