Boiler explosion aboard tanker in Port Hueneme

  Sun 6/30/2013

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U.S. Coast Guard personnel were waiting for the all-clear signal Saturday afternoon before entering the engine room of a 600-foot vessel that was the site of a midmorning explosion in Port Hueneme.

The tanker Champion Adriatic, registered in Liberia, was docked and cargo was being transferred when the vessel’s auxiliary boiler experienced “either a big backfire or a small explosion” about 10:30 a.m., said Anthony Turner, public affairs officer for U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach.

The transfer of the cargo was immediately halted, Turner said.

The explosion did not cause any injuries, according to the Ventura County Fire Department, which responded to the incident.

“Coast Guard personnel are not entering until it is deemed completely safe to do so,” Turner said. The extent of any damage to the vessel and its unspecified cargo was not immediately known.

M/T CHAMPION ADRIATIC

NORWEGIAN FLAG BUILT 1982 IMO NBR 8005771
DOUBLE HULL
37,658 MT SDWT ON 12.078 M

LOA	171.00 M	BEAM	30.00 M
KTM	47.63 M	BCM	83.30 M
TPC	43.50 MT

 

Posted April 4, 2010 at 12:01 a.m.

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