Sharjah Oil tanker catches fire at Hamriya port

Coast guard team rescued nearly 16 members in this incident  

According to the news it states that The fire broke out on board at around 12am. the tanker called AL KABEER which had a Togo flag, left Hamriya port on may 9 after emptying its oil shipment and was in the waiting area located at the distance of 10 NM to avoid charges.Port authorities said that the operations control room dispatched a coast guard team to rescue the crew.

Its noted that all crew members are ASIAN . A thick blanket of smoke araised all over the area as a team battled to save the ship

This incident took a long time to extinguish because the flames were very strong causing the rest of the cargo on board to be completely destroyed 

UAE authorities have launched an investigation about this matter

SHIP DETAILS :

Name : AL KABEER

Type : Oil Products Tanker

IMO : 8989197

MMSI : 671194000

Call Sign : 5VBD2

Built : 1995

Flag : Togolese Rep

Port of registration : PANAMA