FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator draws lessons learned from an incident where four crewmembers on a tanker were poisoned by carbon monoxide released from heated Crude Coconut Oil in a cargo tank. On 13 January 2026, four crewmembers on board an RMI-flagged tanker entered a cargo tank to manually clean the residues of a cargo of Crude Coconut Oil. The tank was heated during the voyage, but not during discharging operations. The tank atmosphere was tested before entry. RelatedNews TAIC Investigation: Ferry loses propulsion at sea near Wellington Lessons learned: The suitability of a vessel for fumigation is a critical factor var jnews_module_21366162_0_6a022374c57c2 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21366162","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"606,1107,2786","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_li