On the night of February 15, 2 explosions occurred in northern Italy, after which damage was discovered on the oil tanker Seajewel. The ship is currently anchored off the coast of Savona, according to IVG.

Italian authorities are investigating a series of explosions damaging oil tankers, with the latest incident involving the Greek-operated Seajewel off northern Italy. The explosions have primarily affected tankers that recently called at Russian ports.

Explosions have struck three oil tankers in different parts of the Mediterranean over the past month, Reuters reported, citing sources in the maritime shipping industry and security services. The causes remain unclear.

At least four oil tankers have been hit with explosions so far this year — all of them having visited Russia’s territorial waters in the weeks prior to the blasts happening.

Two explosions occurred on the Seajewel tanker in the port of the Italian city of Savona, a hole was formed on the hull of the vessel with traces of external influences, the newspaper Fatto Quotidiano writes.

Prosecutors in the Italian port city of Savona and an anti-terrorist unit in Genoa are investigating a possible explosion that damaged the hull of the Seajewel oil tanker over the weekend.

A Russian-linked oil tanker explodes in an Italian port.