Oil tanker incident
SYN ZANIA
1 July 2019
PETKİM terminal, Aliağa, Türkiye
What happened
An explosion and fire broke out aboard the tanker SYN ZANIA while it was loading at the PETKİM petrochemical terminal in Aliağa, Türkiye. Turkish marine investigators examined the incident. This was an accidental industrial/maritime casualty, not an attack.
When cited sources give different casualty, damage or spill figures for this event, they’re reported side by side above rather than merged into one number. See how confidence levels work.
- Vessel / facility
- Chemical/products tanker
- Cargo
- Cargo being loaded at the petrochemical terminal at time of incident
- Attack
- Accidental explosion and fire during loading (not an attack)
- Latitude
- 38.8200°
- Longitude
- 26.9300°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.
Marker placed at the PETKİM petrochemical terminal, Aliağa.