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A tanker was hit by four explosions in front of Dakar. The attack is related to Ukrainian actions in the Black Sea.
Security measures are taking place about ten kilometres off Dakar to stabilize Mersin, an oil tanker flying the Panamanian flag operated by the Turkish shipowner Besiktas, which carries a cargo of gas oil of nearly 39,000 tons. My circumstances of its damage are suspicious.
Dakar, 2 Dec 2025 (AFP) – A tanker was hit by "four external explosions" last week off the Senegalese capital Dakar, causing a "water infiltration" into the engine room, learned the AFP on Tuesday to the Turkish shipowner and Senegalese port authorities. Security measures are taking place at a [...]
As the observer reports, after the warning given by the sailors and the rapid reaction of the Senegalese authorities — which helped to rescue the 22 crew members — the exact cause of the four explosions that damaged the oil tanker Mersin's hull, causing a waterway in the engine room, remains a mystery. The Turkish tanker's misadventure off the Senegalese capital has not yet revealed all its secrets. If the crisis cell, installed in the first few…
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