Oil tanker incident
MT Pablo
1 May 2023
Off Johor, Malaysia
What happened
The crude-oil tanker MT Pablo exploded and caught fire off Johor, Malaysia; all 18 crew members were rescued. The International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds recorded the incident. This was an accidental maritime casualty, not an attack.
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- Vessel / facility
- Crude-oil tanker
- Cargo
- Crude oil
- Attack
- Accidental explosion and fire (not an attack)
- Latitude
- 1.3500°
- Longitude
- 104.1500°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.
Approximate marker off Johor, in the Singapore Strait approach.