Deadly Nigerian oil-blast ship has peers all over the world

There are many ships around the world similar to the old oil-storage ship that recently exploded off the Nigerian coast, killing crew members and spewing its content into the ocean.
Photo: Tife Owolabi/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: Tife Owolabi/Reuters/Ritzau Scanpix
by paul burkhardt and julian lee, bloomberg news

The decades-old, oil-storage ship that blew up off the coast of Nigeria recently – killing some of its crew and spewing its contents into the Atlantic Ocean – is one of many vessels of similar vintage dotted across the globe.

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