Reliance US-bound oil tanker crashed into BPCL crude import facility

Early reports confirm that the oil tanker Hafnia Seine, en route to the United States from Sikka port in Western India, collided with Bharat Petroleum Corp's (BPCL) crude import facility late on Sunday, 10th March, according to sources familiar with the incident. The vessel, loaded with gasoline-blending fuel called alkylate destined for Reliance Industries' U.S. unit, departed from a refinery in Jamnagar, Gujarat. However, the extent of the damage caused by the collision is yet to be fully assessed, according to the sources. One of the sources mentioned, It appears to have hit the peripheral structure of the single-point mooring (SPM), noting that no other vessel is scheduled to unload at the SPM. BPCL operates a single-point mooring at Sikka specifically for importing crude intended for its landlocked Bina refinery in central India.