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IMO Nº: 9274290
Type of ship: Chemical Products Tanker Ship
Call Sign: D5AF4
Flag: Liberia
Port of Register: Monrovia
DWT: 25.269 GRT: 15.732
LOA: 158,33 Mts. B: 25,53 Mts.
Year of built: 2004
Cargo on board:
P430 tonnes of heavy fuel oil (IFO 380)
1.300 tonnes isobutyraldehyde (IBAL)
13.000 tonnes methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)
The 15th of March of 2012, an explosion and subsequent fire occurred on board Stolt Valor while she was 27 nautical miles (50 km) off Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The ship was carrying a cargo of methyl tertiary butyl ether and isobutanol. One crew member was killed. Twenty-four survivors were rescued by USS John Paul Jones and later transferred to USCGC Baranof.
The fire was eventually extinguished and all pollutants - both chemical cargo and fuel - later removed, but the ship was forced to drift in the Gulf for several months before authorities in Bahrain offered it a port of refuge. Stolt Valor was deemed too badly damaged for repairs to be economically viable and the ship owners and managers Stolt, decided to scrap it. She was scrapped in mid-October 2012 in Bahrain.
Type of ship: Chemical Products Tanker Ship
Call Sign: D5AF4
Flag: Liberia
Port of Register: Monrovia
DWT: 25.269 GRT: 15.732
LOA: 158,33 Mts. B: 25,53 Mts.
Year of built: 2004
Cargo on board:
P430 tonnes of heavy fuel oil (IFO 380)
1.300 tonnes isobutyraldehyde (IBAL)
13.000 tonnes methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)
The 15th of March of 2012, an explosion and subsequent fire occurred on board Stolt Valor while she was 27 nautical miles (50 km) off Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The ship was carrying a cargo of methyl tertiary butyl ether and isobutanol. One crew member was killed. Twenty-four survivors were rescued by USS John Paul Jones and later transferred to USCGC Baranof.
The fire was eventually extinguished and all pollutants - both chemical cargo and fuel - later removed, but the ship was forced to drift in the Gulf for several months before authorities in Bahrain offered it a port of refuge. Stolt Valor was deemed too badly damaged for repairs to be economically viable and the ship owners and managers Stolt, decided to scrap it. She was scrapped in mid-October 2012 in Bahrain.
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