Source: Financial Times [UK]
“Russian authorities are investigating a sixth suspected explosion this year on a tanker serving a Russian port after an ammonia leak linked to an apparent explosion on a gas tanker at the Baltic port of Ust-Luga on Sunday. The incident on the Eco Wizard, owned by Greece’s StealthGas, came nine days after a blast on the Greek-owned crude oil tanker Vilamoura in the Mediterranean. There has been speculation that the explosions are linked to Ukraine, although the Ukrainian authorities have declined to comment and there are rival theories, including links between many of the affected vessels and Libya. The Vilamoura’s owners revealed in a statement on Sunday that examination of the vessel in port in Piraeus had confirmed the vessel was damaged by an external source, which it described as an ‘unidentified explosive device.'” (07/08/25)