Port or tanker
Mersin tanker — engine-room flooding off Dakar
27–28 November 2025
Off Dakar, Senegal
What happened
The tanker Mersin reported an onboard technical incident followed by water entering its engine room off Dakar. Senegalese authorities formed a crisis cell and took measures to prevent an oil discharge. The crew was reported safe and no confirmed pollution was reported in the cited notice.
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- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Port or tanker
- Latitude
- 14.6800°
- Longitude
- -17.5800°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.