Jet fuel spills into North Sea after tanker collision

bbc.co.uk

34 pointsljf10 comments

More info about the jet fuel tanker:

- "U.S.-flagged oil tanker MV Stena Immaculate loaded with jet fuel, a ship designated critical to US national security in the Department of Transportation’s Tanker Security Program (TSP)"

- "The Stena Immaculate is one of only ten vessels enrolled in the DOT’s TSP"

https://gcaptain.com/us-merchant-marine-oil-tanker-in-flames...

edit to add: Here's a clip of the marine traffic data surrounding this event:

https://bsky.app/profile/auonsson.bsky.social/post/3ljzlsmvs...

> The US-flagged Stena Immaculate appears to have been hit while at anchor by the Portuguese-flagged container Solong, according to tracking data analysed by BBC Verify

I would not put it past Russia to discreetly pay a crew $10mm to "accidentally" take out a ship vital to US force projection. High ROI, on their part.

The Bond film "Tommorrow Never Dies" comes to mind

It's possible since hybrid warfare has been their schtick for awhile though it would be a clear escalation. Time will tell.

Aggressor ship's name checks out

It's looking like this comment was prescient:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c30mj5gq9d5o ("Arrested captain of Solong ship is Russian national")

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