MV Marlin Luanda (fire-out + return to service)
recovery follow up · 2024-01-27 · Red Sea (gulf of aden)
- Date
- 2024-01-27
- Region
- Red Sea
- Vessel
- MV Marlin Luanda (fire-out + return to service)
- IMO
- 9829451
- Flag
- MHL
- Vessel type
- tanker
- Incident type
- recovery follow up
- Outcome
- recovered in service
- Casualties
- several injured, all recovered
Summary
Follow-up on the 26 January 2024 Houthi missile strike on the Trafigura-chartered product tanker Marlin Luanda. Trafigura's chartered fire-fighting response contained the cargo-tank fire over ~24 hours. INS Visakhapatnam provided medical evacuation. The vessel resumed passage under her own power to a safe port for cargo transfer + repair, subsequently returning to service. Notable as one of the first tanker cases demonstrating that with adequate fire-fighting response, a missile-strike-caused cargo fire on a product tanker can be contained without vessel loss — informing subsequent Red Sea transit response protocols.
Source
Reporting organisation: UKMTO
https://www.ukmto.org/indian-ocean/ukmto-advisories
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