Frontline has ruled out a problem with its tanker Front Altair as a cause of the explosion that set the ship ablaze in the Middle East Gulf on Thursday.

Crew abandoned the 110,000-dwt LR2 (built 2016) following an apparent torpedo attack.

Frontline Management CEO Robert Hvide MacLeod told TradeWinds the company “of course will take an active role in the thorough investigation that now will follow.