John Rogers
5th January 2006, 01:33
Found this article in todays paper.
Tanker captain’s actions may have led to the explosion that sank the tanker BOW MARINER off the Virginian coast on Feb.28 2004. The blast killed him and 20 others, six crew members survived. According to the investigation the captain had ordered crew members to open vapor-filled cargo tanks for cleaning, the 570 -foot Bow Mariner was filled with ethanol, fuel oil and diesel oil. Capt Efstratios Kavouras was among the 18 whose bodies were never found. Investigators could not determine what sparked the explosion but said Kavouras order was a “breach of normal safe practices for a tank ship and defines explanation or excuse.”
Tanker captain’s actions may have led to the explosion that sank the tanker BOW MARINER off the Virginian coast on Feb.28 2004. The blast killed him and 20 others, six crew members survived. According to the investigation the captain had ordered crew members to open vapor-filled cargo tanks for cleaning, the 570 -foot Bow Mariner was filled with ethanol, fuel oil and diesel oil. Capt Efstratios Kavouras was among the 18 whose bodies were never found. Investigators could not determine what sparked the explosion but said Kavouras order was a “breach of normal safe practices for a tank ship and defines explanation or excuse.”