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2011 (continuing)

Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
8106745 04-Aug-11 36196 1984 Panama LR 0
Reported cause: Flooding (Likely root cause: Unknown) took water in her forward holds in heavy
Rak Carrier
weather while carrying 60,000 tonnes of Indonesian coal and sank in the Arabian Sea.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: No
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
8112964 08-Aug-11 34942 1984 Panama GL 0
Reported cause: Grounding (Likely root cause: Machinery failure) - Sustained engine failure,
Angel 1 drifted and stranded on reef, sustained severe damage to the hull and sank whilst still under
tow.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: No
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
7400041 03-Oct-11 18955 1974 Panama PMDS 10
Reported cause: Grounding (Likely root cause: Diminished human performance) - anchored in
Jui Hsing coastal waters near Keelung, the ship ran aground. With strong swell striking, the ship was
broken and finally foundered.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2012.03.23 (5 months from incident date)
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
8604474 21-Nov-11 26589 1987 Korea NK 6
Reported cause: Cargo shift/liquefaction (Likely root cause: Cargo shift/liquefaction) - With
Bright Ruby 16,992 tons of fine iron ore loaded with high moisture content at Penang, Malaysia, it started
to heel rapidly, capsized and sank about 350 miles south of Hong Kong.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2017.11.15 (72 months from incident date)
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9290907 25-Dec-11 56040 2005 Vietnam NK 22
Vinalines Reported cause: Cargo shift/liquefaction (Likely root cause: Cargo shift/liquefaction) - Nickel
Queen Ore liquefaction carrying 54,400 tons of Nikel ore from Indonesia’s Morowali.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: No

2012

Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
Hong Kong,
9309667 16-Aug-12 52289 2006 NK 0
China
Ocean Breeze Reported cause: Grounding (Likely root cause: failure to adopt safety measures) - dragged anchor
due to the storm and heavy sea and ran aground on a sandbank of the Llo-Lleo beach.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2013.10.14 (14 months from incident date)
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
8313075 23-Aug-12 24779 1985 Cyprus JRB 0
Thermopylae Reported cause: Unknown (Likely root cause: Unknown) – Sank while in lay-up anchorage.
Sierra
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: No
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
8417637 28-Aug-12 77458 1986 Korea KR 0
Pacific Reported cause: Structural (Likely root cause: unknown) - broke in two in typhoon Bolaven on
Carrier Samchonpo anchorage, near Sacheon, South Korea.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: No

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