VILAMOURA

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Explosion tore breach in engine room

The 'Vilamoura' has been crippled by an engine room blast about 12 hours after leaving the port of Zueitina on June 27, 2025., having loaded one million barrels of crude oil bound for Gibraltar. The tanker suffered a large breach in the explosion, and the engine room was flooded. The suezmax tanker was believed to have become the victim of a limpet mine attac for calling at Russian ports. The operator George Economou’s TMS Tankers confirmed the incident on June 30. The tanker had called at Ust-Luga on April 30. The tanker was last reported NUC on June 29 in pos. 33° 38' N 019° 40' E. On June 28 at around 09:17 a.m. UTC, the fire-fighting tug 'Boka Summit' arrived to provide assistance to the distressed vessel. The two vessels were underway in the Eastern Mediterranean at reduced speed.