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Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
Isthmus
8401793 13-Jan-21 23386 1984 Panama Bureau of 0
Shipping
Yong Feng Reported cause: Cargo shift (Likely root cause: unknown) - Yong Feng, carrying a cargo of timber,
listed sharply when the cargo shifted, took on water, capsized and sank in the Philippine Sea on
13 Jan 2021. All 22 crewmembers were rescued.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: No.
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9370783 12-Aug-21 49549 2008 Panama NK 0
Reported cause: Grounding (Likely root cause: weather) – Woodchip carrier Crimson Polaris,
carrying a cargo of timber, was swept away by a strong wind while anchored and ran aground
Crimson in heavy weather off the port of Hachinohe in northern Japan on 11 August and broke up
Polaris
on 12 August 2021. Oil was found leaking from the cracked rear part of the ship. All 21
crewmembers were rescued.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: No
