An Advantage Tankers suezmax has been towed into port after a blaze off Spain.
The 156,000-dwt Advantage Summer (built 2010) was hit by a fire in the engine room on the night of 17 July in the Gibraltar Strait.
Spanish rescue authority Salvamento Maritimo said on Twitter that the vessel lost control following the incident.
The 274-metre crude tanker drifted southwest towards the island of Tarifa.
The crew of 28 had alerted authorities and managed to extinguish the blaze themselves.
No evacuation was necessary and no injuries have been reported.
There was also no sign of pollution.
By the early hours of 18 July, the agency had taken the vessel under tow.
Four hours later, the ship had been anchored off Algeciras, according to a tweet from the master of the tug Luz de Mar.
Swiss manager Advantage confirmed to TradeWinds that all the seafarers were uninjured.
The only damage reported is to two generators, the company said.
Another generator is in operation currently.
“The other two need to be fixed which will take around a week,” the owner added.
Heading to Huelva
The tanker had unloaded part of its cargo at Cepsa’s Campo de Gibraltar refinery and was heading to Huelva with the rest of its oil when the accident occurred.
VesselsValue assesses the ship as worth $30.7m.
The tanker is entered with the West of England protection and indemnity club.
The ship, owned by lease financier Fleetscape Capital in the UK, has a clean port-state-control inspection record.
This is the second tanker engine room fire in the last week or so.
On 9 July, a seafarer was hospitalised after a blaze broke out on a Turkish tanker off Russia.
The fire started in the engine room of the 6,000-dwt Ahmet Telli (built 2004) on 9 July, state port agency Rosmorport reported.
Russian salvage authorities said the first officer was taken to hospital after inhaling toxic smoke, but his condition was not life-threatening.
The Turkey-flagged ship was moved to the outer roads of the Black Sea port of Temryuk due to fears of an explosion on board.
