Turkish-managed product tanker engineer killed in engine room explosion
Naples, Italy – An engineer working on a Turkish-managed product tanker was tragically killed in an engine room explosion on Monday, January 8, while the vessel was underway in the Mediterranean. The incident occurred aboard the MT Torc, a Maltese-registered tanker with a capacity of 13,200 deadweight tons. The shipping company, Besiktas Shipping, based in Istanbul, has pledged to conduct a thorough investigation into the cause of the explosion. The explosion, identified as a boiler …