VOL. XXXIII

NO. 21

26-FEBRUARY-1990

Kuwait

Explosion Sets Kuwaiti Products Tanker Ablaze in the Gulf

A Kuwaiti US-flagged products tanker - the 79,999 dwt Surf City, owned by theKuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC) and originally named Umm Al Aish prior to itsreflagging and registration in the US during the Iraq-Iran war - suffered amajor explosion on board while it was sailing fully loaded with products in theGulf. The explosion, which occurred while the tanker was near Abu Musa Islandoff the UAE,...