Product tanker LARKO broke off her moorings at Guaraguao Oil Terminal, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela, at around 0830 LT Sep 17, during loading of gasoline. Shortly after mooring lines broke, cargo hose also broke, and according to witnesses, minutes after that fire erupted. Tanker was taken to Puerto Lacruze outer anchorage, and anchored, fire on pier and probably, on tanker too, was extinguished in some 40 minutes, no injures reported. No other news yet on tanker damages, oil leak.
Trabajadores de Pdv-Puertos reportan un incendio en el muelle 1 de Guaraguao, estado Anzoátegui este sábado #17Sep a eso de 8:30 am.
Vía @Jesyanez pic.twitter.com/RRN0DAn5k3
— El Pitazo (@ElPitazoTV) September 17, 2022
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