Nave Andromeda had discharged gasoline cargo in Nigeria
Sources say tanker was carrying stowaways
Local police say dealing with 'ongoing incident'
London — An oil products tanker off the coast of the UK has been at the center of a security incident involving stowaways, shipping sources and the local police said Oct. 25.
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Register NowThe Hampshire Constabulary said it was dealing with an "ongoing incident" aboard the Nave Andromeda, an LR1 product ranker, which is currently just off the Isle of Wight.
"We are aware and dealing with an ongoing incident on board a vessel which is situated south of the Isle of Wight," a Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said.
Sources said there was a security incident involving a small number of stowaways aboard the Nave Andromeda.
The Liberia-flagged tanker was on its way to Southampton, after it had delivered a 60,000-mt cargo to Lagos, Nigeria in early October, according to data from S&P Global Platts trade flow tool cFlow.
The tanker was unladen and was supposed to reach Southampton on Oct. 25 before the incident occurred near the Isle of Wight. The tanker had also stopped off to load some bunker fuel on the Canary Islands after it left Nigeria for the UK.
ExxonMobil operates the 270,000 b/d Fawley refinery near Southampton while the BP-owned import-focused oil terminal at Hamble is also nearby.
Navios Tankers Management Inc, which operates the tanker, was unavailable for comment.
A stowaway is a person who is secreted on a ship, or in cargo which is subsequently loaded on the ship, without the consent of the shipowner or the master or any other responsible person, and who is detected on board the ship before it has departed from the port, according to the International Maritime Organization.
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