Mitsui tanker was hit by external...
July 29, 2010
A MYSTERIOUS explosion on Mitsui OSK Lines’ M Star oil supertanker in the Strait of Hormuz late Tuesday night local time, was caused by an “external force”, the tanker’s owners have said. At a press conference held at the Japan Land Ministry, a Mitsui OSK spokesman said that a lifeboat was lost on the starboard side, and that the effect of the impact showed that the explosion was external rather...