The oil tanker operator Frontline has confirmed that its crude oil tanker Front Eagle, managed by Anglo Eastern, which was involved in a collision with the vessel Adalynn off Fujairah on Tuesday morning, caught fire on deck. Frontline has said all its seafarers onboard the Front Eagle are safe after the collision, with no injuries reported. There have been no reports of pollution at this time.
“Following the incident immediate action was taken to extinguish a fire on deck of the Front Eagle. We are aware of reports of a fire onboard the Adalynn following the collision,” the company’s statement reads.
The company clarified that “this is a navigational incident and not related to the current regional conflict.”
The incident occurred approximately 15 nautical miles off Fujairah at 00:15 LT on June 17. In the sea rescue on June 17, the UAE’s Coast Guard successfully evacuated the 24 crew members aboard the Antigua Barbuda-flagged oil tanker Adalynn, officials confirmed on Tuesday.
The United Arab Emirates coast guard of the National Guard said on Tuesday it had evacuated 24 people from the oil tanker following collision between two ships in the Gulf of Oman. The ship’s crew was evacuated from the incident site, located 24 nautical miles off the country’s coast, to the Port of Khor Fakkan using search and rescue boats, the UAE National Guard Command said in a post on X.
Frontline is currently monitoring the situation and is cooperating with the relevant authorities as emergency response efforts continue.
“Our primary focus at this time is the safety and well-being of the crews and the vessels involved,” it said.
All the relevant authorities including the UAE Coast Guard, Fujairah and Khor Fakkan Port Control have been notified and are responding to the situation.
A full investigation will be carried out to determine the cause of the maritime incident.
Frontline operates oil tankers of two sizes: VLCCs, which are between 200,000 and 320,000 dwt, and suezmax tankers, which are vessels between 120,000 and 170,000 dwt, and operates LR2/aframax tankers, which are clean product tankers, and range in size from 110,000 to 115,000 dwt.
The company operates through subsidiaries located in Cyprus, Bermuda, Liberia, the Marshall Islands, Norway, the United Kingdom, Singapore and China. The company is also involved in the charter, purchase and sale of vessels.
As of December 31, 2024, the company’s fleet consisted of 81 owned vessels, with an aggregate capacity of approximately 17.8 million dwt (41 VLCCs, 22 suezmax tankers and 18 LR2/aframax tankers).
