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Seafarer killed in explosion aboard Gulf tanker

One seafarer was killed when an explosion struck the Marshall Islands-flagged oil products tanker MT Velos Sapphire in the Persian Gulf on November 5, as it sailed empty toward Bahrain. Greek manager Velos Tankers said an unidentified projectile likely caused the blast. The crew extinguished the fire without other injuries, and Bahrain's Khalifa Bin Salman Port took in the vessel.

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