Damage Revealed on Tanker Pablo | Latest Video | Dark Fleet Information | Class & Insurance Info

[@Cyclegladiator]

I’m amazed that this hasn’t been publicized more. This is literally the only place I’ve seen this story. Thanks for posting

[@wgowshipping]

Thanks Brandon!

[@markgouthro7375]

Yes, this is an great example of what's wrong with modern news. There is a CNN article, but I needed to specifically search for Pablo tanker Malaysia explosion.

[@5thribroarn304]

Ikr. 3 People Missing and much of the Deck of a Cargo Tanker is blown off!! Crickets!!

[@GhostScout42]

i wonder why

[@evanroberts2771]

It's because Marshall Islands companies such as Pablo Union are pretty much US owned. THAT is why the media doesn't want exposure of the incident and people digging. It's probably a CIA run shell company for making money.

[@udayanpaul8042]

I used to work one of the dark fleet, during COVID19 times, the ships of the company used to load in Iran discharge in UAE, then the oil was shipped to Malaysia and further to China. U. S Navy patrolling the straits of Hormuz had no idea that the ship is actually coming from iran, as the ship used to spoof it's AIS and GPS, papers were made to show it's Iraqi oil. All becomes white as its get to the uae and Malaysia. Conditions on board those ships are unsafe, old broken machineries, incompetent crew, ownership of the ship used to change every 4 months. It was a time bomb. I'm happy I left within 4 months couldn't continue anymore over there, after a year that ship went to scrapyard. The company operated ship as same as mentioned by Sal. Thanks to you for your great research, fewer people went so further to investigate the inner workings of the dark fleet. Greetings. I hope you get the messege before u tube deletes it bcoz it has happened before. I suspect lots of big fishes are involved in this mafia / monkey business. Take care

[@nuxboxen]

In a past life I was an instrumentation tech. and one of my jobs was maintaining O2 Analyzers by GE Panametrics. I saw so many units that didn't work correcty, the failure mode was to read near 0. I always pictured an event like this one, honestly I'm suprised it doesn't happen way way more often. 02 Analyzers are expensive, expensive to maintain and often seen as nothing but a pain in the ass. Also they are quite easy to get to read low if you're just tired of dealing with it.

[@juliancate7089]

It seems as though the architects might have intended for the deck to blow away first in an explosion in order to save the water-tight integrity of the hull. Don't know if it's true, but the fact that the decking offered the path of least resistance saved the hull sides and bottom from being blown out.

[@lizlovsdagmara5525]

Good thought there.

[@pootthatbak2578]

After various disasters, i have accused many engineers, from all fields, of being "pot smoking bums, party boys, fake designers"..the first thing I thought when I saw the ship was these sober fine engineers did it correctly.

[@lizlovsdagmara5525]

@@pootthatbak2578 Exactly. Most engineers want to do it right.

[@Renard380]

The hull needs to be tough to resist the waves while ensuring the ship remains intact. It also has to take the weight of the cargo. The top of the tanks is not much more than a roof so it doesn't need to be as tough as the hull. That makes it the weakest point no matter what.

[@h0rk3d]

Tanker vessels have multiple hulls. This was built by someone with actual brains.

[@detcordxxxi]

Kudos to the builders who built a ship that could take this much damage and still remain above the waves. Reminds me of the IJN Hiryu after the Battle of Midway.

[@treystephens6166]

It’s kind of like the sinking of the Yamato with the huge smoke cloud.

[@OffendingTheOffendable]

Yeah that was a long time ago

[@detcordxxxi]

@@OffendingTheOffendable So you just roam around KZbin pointing out obvious things like World War 2 being a long time ago? That's a very interesting hobby you've got there. How did you discover it?

[@georgebrill6549]

About 40 yrs ago, when I was a tug engineer, there was an explosion at Reinauer,s yard on Staten Island NYC. A tug was bringing an empty gasoline barge into the dock, came in too hard, hit another barge and blew up. It rolled the deck up like a sardine can, tank tops and all!

[@robertlevine2152]

Sal, Years ago ARCO bought the stern of the Chevron Hawaii. The Chevron Hawaii exploded while discharging cargo in Houston at Shell's Deer Park Refinery. The Chevron Hawaii was beleived to have been struck by lightning. ARCO bought the stern and fitted an entire cargo tank area from the pumproom bulkhead to the bow becomingthe ARCO Texas. I did the majority of the plan approval for the new construction. I can remember vividly walking the stern of the ship after it had arrived at Newport News Shipbuilding. It is hard to describe the wreckage. I remember looking at steel hull and deck plating that was torn like a sheet of paper. I stood on the upper deck and watched someone walking across the deck on the other side of the ship. As I watched they disappeared from sight, reappearing as they walked the deck. The deck on the opposite side looked like a bunker on a golf course. In the explosion a section of the deck had been peeled up and folded back on the house. The radio room had been crushed, leaving about 6" in height. I am truly amazaded that the Pablo's hull is in as good condition as it is. I am amazed that the ship is still floating. My guess is now has a floodable length of zero. By the way, there are many reputable operators whose ownership papers are in lawyer's desk drawers. It was not uncommon for major oil companies to order and build tankers. Upon delivery ownership passed to a third party and the ships were bareboat chartered. The oil companies then operated the vessels with their own crews. Large oil companies also self-insured their vessels. If I recall correctly the Hull and Machinery was self-insured, the Protection and Indemnity was through an insurance company owned by the oil company and the oil spill insurance was through oil company cooperatives. Bob

[@AllNighterHeider]

My heart goes out for the missing crew and their families Thanks Sal

[@beastAmbuj]

One of my cousin satyam tripathi 26yr old .. We praying for him still no. Info.

[@AllNighterHeider]

@@beastAmbuj I'm sorry to read that. I'll pray as well. Thanks for the response

[@angelsusannoy899]

@@beastAmbuj We pray to the Divine that you will find your cousin and the other missing members... 😞

[@mattc.310]

That had to be pretty impressive in person. Imagine cruising along and a nearby ship just explodes. Thanks for the update. When it's all about the money, many ills that befall man will continue.

[@brodriguez11000]

Driving and an eighteen-wheeler tire blows next to you..

[@anytow]

I saw the exact same mushroom cloud and debris flying on 03/31/1984 at around 16:00 at the S. F. Pilot Station. We were 1 mile away with an MT gasoline barge. The ship was the SS Puerto Rican. Absolutely unreal. I’ll never forget that image.

[@tomriley5790]

That's a massive explosion - I find it hard to believe any of the crew are still alive. I don't understand why it wasn't inerted down - surely that's 101 for tanker crews? Although perhaps I shouldn't be surprised.... The other question is whether it was deliberate. Flag states need to be held accountable if they're basing out of the US then I'd have thought US law could well apply, the US is not exactly known for having a problem with applying laws extraterritorially. Pretty amazing that she hasn't sunk although I suppose a empty tanker has a huge amount of reserve bouyancy. I suspect the ship will be scuttled in deep water, ultimately dragging her into port is going to cost a fortune and as you say nobody is going to want to admit to it being theirs. It's interesting that aviation has managed to appy excellent safety standards worldwide simply by refusing access (ICAO) to airports for aircraft whose safety authorities are not up to the job - perhaps a similar system could be applied to shipping (if there was a will to do it).

[@mikedx2706]

Amazing that the Pablo is still afloat after that fuel vapor exploded so violently.

[@nmccw3245]

Probably designed to blow the top off rather than the sides or bottom.

[@raitchison]

@@nmccw3245 Very well designed then.

[@Kinematographer]

Because boom go up.

[@nobodyspecial4702]

@@raitchison Designed and built in Japan.

[@Fish_Ventura]

Good build Japan!

[@deniermurch8693]

I am shocked, you have really opened my eyes, to the crime that is happening now everyday on the high seas. It is about time for somebody to do something, but WHO, WHEN, and WHY NOT, but thank you.

[@erikhai1]

I remember when the Sansinena blew up in San Pedro harbour. It was also an empty tank vapour explosion. The shockwave was so powerful it blew out windows all over San Pedro even a mile away.

[@YT-mn4eq]

I read the Outlaw Ocean, and it blew my mind. Will check out the other two.

[@jimpawa5793]

Very reminiscent of SS (T/V) Puerto Rican off San Francisco CA 10/31/1984. The main deck forward of the house was peeled forward hanging inverted over cargo tanks and the #6 internal tank floated up. The #6 tank eventually floated free after the stern of the ship broke off. The stern of the ship is laying on the ocean floor near the Farrallon Islands Marine sanctuary.

[@777rogerf]

lying. Thanks for the historical info.

[@poowg2657]

That was a bad one. I remember seeing it on the evening news and a few environmental groups demanding the cessation of hauling petroleum products by ship immediately.

[@jimpawa5793]

There are casks (55 gal drums) of nuclear waste in that area too. I remember news coverage about the disposal in the early 1960’s

[@Jmp5nb]

Was 500 meters from a railroad propane car going ballistic. Incredible mushroom cloud preceded by huge blast front. Damaged houses miles away and they closed the state capitol building out of fears of its dome collapsing. The capital was 15+ miles away.

[@gregmorley1997]

I'm thinking the bigger questions are who's going to get stuck with the cleanup bills and how the he'll do we bring some light and control to this dark fleet ??

[@limyrob1383]

There was an assumption with sanctions that withdrawal of the flag and insurance would prevent ships for sailing. We no know that assumption was flawed and trade will continue using un-insured vessels. If this vessel is insured I hope the insurers pay the crew families compensation and reject the rest of the claim since no dark ops/sanction busting is likely to be a clause. Operating outside the rules has to become very costly.

[@Dennis-vh8tz]

I'd be surprised if the crew or their families get anything, and Malaysia will probably be stuck with the clean up bill.

[@donalddodson7365]

Thank you for the update. Looks to my non-maritime mind like remnants of a "light" petrochemical product. Perhaps a large environmental disaster dodged, at the expense of three Merchant Mariners. I just downloaded To Rule the Waves as an audio book. Thank you.

[@AC-jk8wq]

Fantastic coverage Cap’n Sal! Powerful cameras collecting data all of the time!!! A simple fire turns auto-catalytic in confined spaces… the rate of reaction increases towards infinity as the pressure builds…. Pipe bomb theory. Need one more pic to cap off the lesson…. One of the bridge with the huge, charred, ‘NO SMOKING’ plaque.

[@LackofFaithify]

N. Virginia...what an odd location for a shell company. Heh.

[@jonanderson5137]

The NSA knows your location.

[@The_Modeling_Underdog]

The whole thing is magical when you look at the big picture. A giant mafia of the seas. Great video, Sal.Thanks for sharing the little details,

[@michaelwalters7110]

Shocked this vessel is still afloat. Flag state info was quite eye opening.

[@marcdenton2996]

Thank you for ‘real’ news.

[@williamruss8157]

Thanks!

[@wgowshipping]

Thanks Russ!

[@gubbool]

I am not a regular viewer of this topic, however the couple of videos that I have watched were current and informative, so here is some beer money.

[@wgowshipping]

I greatly appreciate it 🍺!

[@geraldineaherne9763]

Thanks, Sal. Keep up the good work.

[@johnjones3208]

Thank you, Sir, for a very informative presentation. I found this channel by accident, and I have only watched two presentations yesterday and today. I'm looking forward to more presentation.

[@SteamCrane]

The explosion of TWA 800 on July 17, 1996 prompted new regulations for inerting airliner fuel tanks. After a bunch of thrashing around, they ended up with essentially a medical oxygen concentrator, producing separate outputs of nitrogen for inerting, and oxygen that could be either used in the cabin or vented out. The concentrator runs all the time the engines are running, using bypass air from the engines. Seems like a better plan than filling an inert gas tank before each flight. Given the number of aircraft involved, implementing this in the entire fleet is a long ongoing process.

[@ramtuff06]

That wasnt all vapor my friend, black/grey clouds with hydrocarbons = over enrichment combustion, also the compartments are fairly clean so its refined products and ruling out fuel oil #1 and 2 because they need really high temperatures even for spark ignition....so all that soot tells me its a combustion of isooctane aka gasoline, approximate lamda .50 If the oxygen was any higher the cloud would be light grey or opaque....the flame was able to propagate fast enough also points to multiple ignition points likely static discharge.....

[@sabrekai8706]

3:22, that's at least two tank tops, based on the length by width comparison. I'm surprised there is no visible damage to the hull sides, and the tank tops look too cleanly removed for it to be blasted. Almost as if the frames were torched in a neat row.

[@patriciatennery3021]

❤❤❤ thanks for more in-depth info.

[@paulgibson490]

Back in the 1980s I was working on a lng gas carrier in Dock in Singapore, next to us was a crude carrier with the two forward tanks completely open this was due to a repair crew working off Singapore trying to do repairs with gas cutting equipment, 2 of the repair crew were never found. Could this be a similar event?

[@Lucillevanpelt]

Knowing that the Pablo was for sale raises huge red flags

[@smatthewson2613]

My first thot when there wasn't a second vessel alongside or also damaged nearby that woulda been conducting a transfer was that this was an insurance job.

[@Lucillevanpelt]

@@smatthewson2613 knowing that she was not carrying a full load and high in the water was my first clue. Once I knew there was not a vessel being transferred to was another. It makes sense that little petroleum was onboard, enough to create the volatile fumes and fuel enough to cause a big and disastrous explosion I figured it out

[@smatthewson2613]

Yup. We are a pair of smart cats, methinks.

[@Lucillevanpelt]

@@alolen6261 good luck with that sparky. I checked the vessel after the first post only to find out it was old and for sale

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

No its not because the tanker market is hot rn so there is many ships always for sale, coming up for sale, or just sold

[@lawerencestimpson2280]

Wow this is bad! Sorry to hear about the missing crew members.

[@josephpadula2283]

The aviation channels are very popular including old accidents . Perhaps you could do some like the Golden Dolphin a US Flag tanker Apex Marine in 1982.

[@stonegiant4]

Fascinating. As a Kansan who has no inclination to so much as live within 1k miles of the sea, I appreciate the information. I had always assumed there had to be black/ grey market merchant vessels out and about, but I never knew how the sausage was made. Thanks for the video.

[@olliefoxx7165]

Fantastic video! You do a great job covering relevant topics that doesn't get mentioned in most news outlets. Seeing the terrible incidents involving oil tankers reveals another dangerous side effect of the sanction/financial war being waged by the world powers. I really appreciate your book suggestions as well. Those are on my "To Buy" list. 👍✌️

[@davidb3172]

The accomodation block sits atop the engine and pump rooms. Tankers have an inert gas system which pressurises the product tanks with nitrogen.

[@laurenglass4514]

Thank goodness I watched the first video regarding this ship and you gave extensive information about what you are speaking about now. The question I have is this what they want for the future, registry with entities that they don’t care if they have inspections or not? Now we know 2 are in Virginia, why?

[@Christiane069]

And we talk a lot about the amount of corruption in Russia. About looking in our own backyard for a change.

[@JohnR-NZ]

Kablaaam that first video from the other tanker I actually counted three pieces of the deck as they blew out and as you said a number of very obvious splashes of tank top pieces landing in the water and that's from a mile away. As for the list of registration of this "dark fleet" I'm totally amazed at the numbers involved here, also amazing that two of those registrations are in the US just a short distance from each other. Now I apologise in advance for what I am about to say but I wonder if the American authorities actually know their there 🤔🤔. On a more regrettable note I don't hold out much hope for the three missing crew members to even be found, regrettably just simply doing their job, all our thoughts are I'm sure with their families 🙏🙏

[@QALibrary]

I am surprised it did not sink the ship due to a fuel-air explosion - lot of people in the UK have first hand experience of a fuel-air explosion due to the Buncefield fire that happened in Hemel Hempstead on 11 December 2005 - the sound traveled about 125 miles/200 km

[@smgdfcmfah]

Most fuel air explosions are really just a rapid burning of fuel mixed with air. It seems like semantics, but the mixture has to be just right in order for it to truly detonate rather than just burn extremely quickly. The difference is in the shock wave created.

[@markhepworth]

Look at the ship,the reason at hasn’t sunk is that the weakest point blew...the lid,when a paint can gets too hot and the vapour gets too much,the lid blows off...but the can still stays the same shape...this tanker is essentially a tin can with a lid.

[@AC-jk8wq]

@@smgdfcmfah burning in an open atmosphere follows one set of laws… Burning in an enclosed space has a different set of rules… The pressure builds quickly, causing the slow burn characteristics to rise into the explosion category… This was a giant pipe bomb!

[@tedmoss]

@@markhepworth Plus it had the water to support and cool it.

[@markhepworth]

@@tedmoss only 1/4 of the ship is in the water,as the piece said the tanker was empty,also the lower part of the hull has greater strength then the side of the hull,which due to its curvature,is itself far stronger then the deck (lid) hence all the physics goes up...rather then in every direction.

[@RebeccaCampbell1969]

Same has happened to jet airliners, I remember one which center fuselage tank was empty enough and the air conditioning unit heat made the remaining gases volatile enough to explode.

[@kateford3853]

Your the best thankyou ❤️🌎👀

[@Monothefox]

When I first saw an image of the vessel, I thought it was a bulk freighter with the loading doors missing.

[@SuperPirate100]

That's the worst tank explosion damage I've seen, the only reason she has stayed afloat is down to double Hull construction

[@NoName-zn1sb]

~7:20 Please read the numbers as shown. You said Marshall Islands 39%, while the illustration clearly shows 36%

[@wgowshipping]

My mistake. I stated it correctly later in the video.

[@TheSubHunter1]

Worth the subscribe a lot of content and I’ve learnt a lot even though I work in the maritime sphere Another great explanation and detailed analysis Sal

[@currentfaves65]

That was incredibly informative

[@bladewiper]

This channel seems to be turning into a full time job for you. Thanks for the report.

[@wgowshipping]

It does!

[@Enonymouse_]

the decking separating the way it did would imply there were structural flaws in the welds holding the different joints along the deck.

[@charlestuozzolo7283]

Prof Sal. Very interesting but also sad. Truly surprised where the admin for flags is actually kept.

[@kenlee5376]

I’m amazed it didn’t sink. Must be a significant debris field at the bottom.

[@tacmason]

An excellent breakdown, of a complicated international situation ! thank you Saul !

[@kyleroth1025]

Hi Dr. Sal, Marshall Registry offices about 1 mile from my current location. I believe you showed us that office location on a previous video.

[@jamesdenofantiquity]

Thank you for this video. There is something very real going on here and I feel that Pablo was a part of it.

[@dsnodgrass4843]

There is. It's called "unfettered international capitalism".

[@PlanetFrosty]

Professor Sal, Boom Shaka Laka Boom? In your class syllabus you could tittle the section on tanker safety that way? In all seriousness it’s sad to see merchant seamen exposed to unnecessary risks.

[@mercilyngono8955]

Flags of Convenience is a worldwide problem, and the national shipping industry that started it all was? The United States shipping industry instigated the first widescale reregister of shipping to subvert local safety, labour and tax law/regulation. It is interesting to see that the Marshall Islands and Liberia are such big players in the shadowy world of re-flaging considering their very close political, economic, and historical ties to the United States. Would not be surprising either to see that large Republican donors have close ties to these shipping registers and companies that operate through them.

[@kevinjones6924]

Awesome video and great update Sal! So thankful for all the intelligent and truthful information you provide! From the short video you showed, it almost looks like the explosion was so intense and extreme that the Pablo went underwater briefly! Just amazing that it didn't sink and kill everyone onboard especially with the top decks being blown completely off! Definitely the structural integrity of the remaining ship is at risk of buckling to the point of sinking. Would you not agree Sal? 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@wgowshipping]

I am amazed that the concussive force did not kill all on board and split the vessel.

[@Nilshelppi]

Excellent , fact filled video . I formerly was was familiar with an oil platform tender vessel operating out of Rio de Janeiro .

[@jimmyrk3]

Is it a design safety feature for the decks to blow off first? It would have to be better for the top to blow off than for the sides to blow out. Thanks for the great coverage.

[@whyjnot420]

I have to admit. That is a tough hull there. Somewhat amazed that it was still floating.

[@ardeladimwit]

flags of convenience and hidden registries, black fleets have always been a serious problem in shipping, now it's just easier with internet registries. Liberian registry office in VA isn't nearly so bad as the easy access to registering a ship via internet or probably the ease of buying/ purchasing documentation without actual inspection for seaworthiness. Then the whole problem of crews, maintenance and competent oversight and corporate responsibility.

[@nobodyspecial4702]

That video has nice footage of the top deck flying away from the ship.

[@59jm24]

Luck was with the ocean in that there was little cargo on board. The fire burned out fairly fast. With a partial load the vessel would have likely buckled and sunk.

[@smgdfcmfah]

True but this likely wouldn't have happened at all with a full load and ships rarely sail with a half load. If, however, it happened while on or off loading then yes, it could have been a far more serious accident in ecological terms.

[@bobdobbs4525]

I'm surprised it is still floating after the destruction caused by the explosion. My prayers for the crew.

[@janisharwell6938]

Why doesn’t the U.S. government seize the registries which are hosting sanctions-busting black fleets, especially the registries located in Virginia and other locations in the U.S.? After seizing the registries, couldn’t the U.S. de-register the black fleets? That and pressure applied to by the U.S. and its allies could force many other registry-hosting countries to de-register black fleets. Wouldn’t that greatly limit the ports where these black ships could dock making sanctions-busting less and less attractive?

[@SteamCrane]

Looks like Pablo only enters port in China, the other end of the voyage is open ocean near land. China sets their own rules.

[@ibuguru]

Straits Times is Singapore's newspaper. New Straits Times is Malaysian, published in Kuala Lumpur.

[@eustatic3832]

Northern Virginia is also where the LNG companies are located

[@raymondsosnowski9717]

Thank you for the update! Amazing new video too.

[@alansnyder8448]

This is great information about the dark fleet!! Good to know that it is about 450 vessels. Maybe I missed it, but does anyone have any information about the origin of the crew? Would they be from one country, or a mix of countries, etc...?

[@Dennis-vh8tz]

A mix. I'd guess mostly Indian and Filipino - like most cargo ships flying the flag of an open registry.

[@Dennis-vh8tz]

It seems to me that those registries based in the US would be violating US sanctions laws when they allow registration of vessels carrying cargos that violate US sanctions. Why is US law enforcement (seemly) ignoring these registries while making a show of going after yachts owned by Russian oligarchs? The shadow fleet tankers allow Russia, Iran, and Venezula to make money selling oil. In contrast, a Russian oligarch paying (non-Russian) yacht crew and buying parts and fuel from non-sanctioned countries, would just be draining money from the Russian economy, and thus making other economic sanctions more effective.

[@NeoMK]

AIS stands for Automatic Identification System. The vessel type/size/weight/length information broadcast is programmed into the AIS module and then transmitted and available for all ships to view along with GPS data, heading, speed over ground, etc.

[@methylmike]

its amazing that the explosion did so little to the side walls, which are double hulled, right?

[@brianedwards7142]

Hola, I am Pablo Explosion, good to meet you.

[@colchronic]

I don't think flex seal is going to fix that

[@Gubastek]

I find the image of sheared support beams from the deck amazing. Wonder if you could get some more close up pictures or video of this damage? Looks very strange how "cleanly" they are broken off, all in similar places - is there a weld joint there which attaches the deck crossbeams to these "corner" brackets?

[@bdivin8298]

To inert the tank would it be possible to vent cooled exhaust into the space? I’ve used dry ice pellets for localized inerting during hot work on fuel systems in trawlers. I’m sure there would be concerns with hot gasses being vented into an atmosphere with high LELs but I can see where it would be relatively cheap to do it this way.

[@robertlevine2152]

The Pablo was most likely powered by a slow-speed diesel engine. The main engine is generally not used to power the cargo pumps, instead, the cargo pumps are powered by the ship's generator (electric pumps) or by a boiler that provides steam (steam turbine pumps). If diesel generators are used a separate inert gas generator would be used. A boiler could provide enough gas for an inert gas system.

[@BrianJensen-ym5gk]

Inertgas is always "washed" with seawater to cool it down and remove soot/sulphur particles (which you do not want in your tanks), then it runs through a drying tower, before being delivered to deck for use. This is both the case if you use Inert gas (produced by burning diesel on an inert gas generator), or if you use exhaust gas from boilers/engines (then called flue-gas). When venting/gasfreeing the tanks, SOP is to use inertgas to remove the hydrocarbons until the hydrocarbon content (HC) is below 2% by volume, before you start introducing fresh air to the tanks. This way you will never have a flammable mix in your cargo tanks. The "flammable" gasses at first are vented out through a mast-riser or through high velocity valves on deck.

[@michaelmitchell6629]

This kind of hits home I am us navy deck ape from two navy ships in deck dept I served on USS white plains afs4 orient express My ship was based in 7th fleet duty station

[@kevintaunt4385]

Another Awesome One. 👍😎

[@maxmacdonald7174]

It is sad this happened. Unfortunately, it will take a bigger accident/catastrophe to get anything done about this problem.

[@robertf3479]

Agreed, it may take a "Torry Canyon" spill or greater in an ecologically sensitive area to get anything done.

[@glenparker234]

So, the registries are located just down the street from CIA headquarters at Langley, VA? How interesting!

[@SteamCrane]

Shhhh!

[@dsnodgrass4843]

Northern VA is a favored spot for "retired" diplomats who'd rather not return home for regime-change reasons.

[@michaelmitchell6629]

Thanks for good info sir.i never knew this

[@underthebluesky92]

Living in high dry Wyoming this would never make the news, many thanks for the broader picture of current affairs and keeping us land-loves informed.

[@Stiglitz71]

So that clears up who's really in control of a big part of the 'dark fleet'.

[@Veldtian1]

Thanks a lot for this timely exposé Sal, international shipping seems like such a fishy and murky area.. Just like the inky blue deep in which it operates.😉👏

[@tomcook5813]

Saw a ski boat engine cover blown off a boat once, didn’t vent it before starting 😅

[@redjacc7581]

very surprised that tanker hasn't sunk.

[@williamlloyd3769]

Is MV Pablo a doubled hulled tanker?

[@ThePlebicide]

Great episode Sal

[@lhaviland8602]

It's absolutely terrifying to imagine the amount of force required to throw a god-knows-how-heavy deck section through the air like a piece of cardboard.

[@almirria6753]

Sure looks like the results of a bleve [boiling liquids expanding vapor explosion, for those who do not know what that is]. Looks like the explosion took the path of least resistance to exit the vessel's cargo holds. Now the question [among several] is what was the source of the ignition?

[@JelMain]

More generically, a fuel-air bomb, with shaped charge characteristics, insofar as the containment vessel was mostly embedded in water.

[@dominicestebanrice7460]

Sorry but if it was a BLEVE the tanker that took the video would have been destroyed; this is more like a grain silo popping when a dust explosion occurs. Dramatic but no where near as energetic as a BLEVE.

[@almirria6753]

@@dominicestebanrice7460 Actually it only is contained until the first seam/weld gives way. Once that happens the heat, explosive vapors, etc...are vented to the atmosphere, In this case the weak "points" were the deck plating and joining members.

[@JelMain]

@@dominicestebanrice7460 We used to do the same in training for tactical nuclear blasts. Go look at the damage done in Ukraine by the Russian ones: it'll wreck a block, but not a camera a mile and a half away, like this.

[@indylovelace]

Did a quick search to see if any audio books exist for the recommended books. Doesn’t appear to be any.

[@MarkGast]

International registries... fully owned subsidiaries of the CIA? It would not surprise me. Fort Meade isn't that far from Dulles Airport.

[@josephpadula2283]

Marshall Islands and Liberia only a black limo ride to Langley….

[@scottfw7169]

As for the 3 missing crewmen the most accurate way to describe their current condition may be some assembly required.

[@davidpnewton]

Manslaughter by gross negligence charges incoming for the captain I think. I believe the only way to stop things like this is to amend UNCLOS. Ban turning AIS off except during wartime. If a ship does turn AIS off it can be seized by anyone even in international waters. Ban transfers of cargo outside of territorial waters except for military purposes or rescue purposes. Again render ships that do it liable to seizure by anyone in international waters.

[@lizlovsdagmara5525]

How fortunate that there were not more missing crew. How are the eardrums of the survivors?

[@rollandmousseaux]

the blast ignition would be most violent when oil droplets are present within the vapor in high enough consentrations

[@laurenglass4514]

Thank you