The number of tankers blown up in the Mediterranean Sea is growing. Two days after the explosion of the tanker Seajewel on the Italian Riviera, a new explosion occurred – the tanker Seacharm was damaged in the Turkish port of Ceyhan. Importantly, both ships have the same operator – the Greek company Thenamaris.
Reuters reports that the Liberian-flagged chemical tanker Grace Ferrum was damaged off the coast of Libya in February. Grace Ferrum departed for Libya from the port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad region on January 12. After a one-day anchorage in Malta on January 27, Grace Ferrum dropped anchor in the port of Tripoli on January 28. Since then its status in maritime services is Not under command. This means that due to some circumstances the vessel cannot maneuver (is in an unmanageable state). The operator of Grace Ferrum is the Cypriot company Cymar.
Note that the tanker Koala was in Malta six days before Grace Ferrum. Only it was going to Ust-Luga, and Koala was returning from there.
Under the totality of circumstances, it is highly probable that in Malta or nearby there is a base of an unknown unit of maritime saboteurs, which has launched an armed struggle against tankers of the so-called “shadow fleet” of Russia. All three tankers, judging by the data of services tracking the movement of ships, have recently visited Russian ports.
