Tanker explodes in Russia.

An oil tanker exploded on the Don River in the southern Russian region of Rostov on October 17, killing one person and injuring two others, news agencies reported. The blast occurred when the tanker was pumping oil from another ship at Bagayevskaya village, causing a fire on both vessels and sinking the tanker. The big new cargo ship was designed and built at the company's Tsu Shipyard, located on the shores of Ise Bay south west of Tokyo. The shipyard is one of five building yards operated by Universal and specialises in the construction of large-sized merchant ships and offshore structures including VLCC tankers, LPG/LNG carriers and FPSO vessels in addition to bulkers. Moving on from one catastrophe to another.. A tanker carrying 6,000 tonnes of gasoline was being towed to safety following a collision with a cargo vessel in the English Channel. The 6,970-tonne 'Uranus' collided with the 179,000-tonne 'Hanjin Rizhao' about 96 kilometres west of the coast of Brittany in north-west France.

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