Incident with chemical/oil products tanker Sten Bergen, IMO 9407988

2025-12-12
L-25/24
Baltic Sea, territorial waters of the Republic of Lithuania

On 12 December 2025, the Portuguese-registered chemical/oil tanker Sten Bergen, IMO 9407988, experienced a malfunction of steering.

Status of safety investigation:
2025-12-17 Notification received
2025-12-18 Initiated preliminary assessment for decision to conduct a safety investigation
2026-01-07 Decision made not to conduct a safety investigation (Paragraph 1 and 2 of Article 21 of the Safety Investigation Law)