Two crew members are being treated in a Spanish hospital after a Covid-19 outbreak on an Arne Blystad-owned tanker.
The 17,600-dwt Songa Sapphire (built 2008), flagged in Malta, arrived at the Llevant dock in the port of Tarragona on Sunday from Algeciras.
The vessel has been quarantined after four seafarers tested positive, the Diari Mes newspaper reported.
The crew began to show symptoms after the tanker arrived, which activated health department protocols.
Of the four positive cases, two were transferred to Santa Tecla hospital due to their deteriorating health.
Crew being supplied
The port authority has been placed in charge of supplying the crew while the confinement continues.
The Songa Sapphire is operated by Arne Blystad AS, which has been contacted for further information.
New variants of coronavirus continue to affect shipping.
TradeWinds reported on Thursday that a Vroon tanker had suffered an outbreak among mainly vaccinated crew members, while three seafarers were taken to hospital from a bulker in Brazil.
Twelve of 15 personnel on Vroon's 9,200-dwt bitumen carrier Iver Ambition (built 2009) tested positive for Covid-19 in Conception Bay, south-eastern Canada.
But the seafarers are experiencing only mild symptoms, the shipowner said.
The vessel is in quarantine, according to Canadian authorities.
The Newfoundland & Labrador Department of Health said testing on board had been completed and all 15 crew members are isolating on the tanker.
In Brazil, three crew members were taken to hospital with Covid-19 from the 30,900-dwt bulker Shoveler (built 2009).
The Folha de Pernambuco newspaper reported that nine of the 19 people on the Canadian Forest Navigation ship had tested positive at Recife.
