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Air in fuel line
The 'Asphalt Splendor', en route from Dundee to Antwerp with 20 crew members on board, encountered main engine problems 24 nautical miles northeast of Spurn Point in position 53 45 09 N, 000 42 48 E, on May 20, 2022, at 1.14 p.m. UTC. The issue was diagnosed as air in the fuel line, which was rectified, so that the vessel was able to continue its voyage. On May 21 at 7.45 a.m. it moored on Westhinder Anchorage in pos. 51° 25.29'N 002° 38.43' E.
BV Classes Mega Asphalt Carrier
Classification society Bureau Veritas is classing the 37,000 dwt asphalt carrier Asphalt Splendor, recently delivered to U.S.-based Sargeant Marine. The vessel was built at Avic Dingheng, China and is one of a series of two designed by Chinese design institute SDARI in cooperation with Sargeant. The hot asphalt can be carried liquid at temperatures up to 170 deg C in sixteen independent tanks with a total capacity of 35,666 cu m. http://www.marinelink.com/news/classes-asphalt-carrier404507.aspx
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