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2014

Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
8126135 19-Jan-14 21317 1982 Panama Intermarine 0
Reported cause: Flooding (Likely root cause: unknown) - sinking off of Guam from suffered leak
Rich Forest
and uncontrolled water ingress in the engine room, carrying a cargo of logs; no life lost.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: No
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
8902486 15-Mar-14 42263 1991 Panama ABS 0
Reported cause: Grounding (Likely root cause: seachest suction valve defective or not closed
John 1
properly) – suffered a power failure from flooding in ballast condition, drifted with wind and
ran aground off Rose Blanche, Canada. Her hull sustained tears, punctures, and dents.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2016.6.27 (28 months)
2015

Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9339947 02-Jan-15 56009 2006 Bahamas NK 18
Reported cause: Cargo liquefaction (Likely root cause: cargo liquefaction) - Bulk Jupiter
Bulk Jupiter sank and 18 crew lost with bauxite cargo onboard loaded in Kuantan, Malaysia, attributed to
liquefaction/dynamic separation of the cargo.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: Available on 2015.8.18 (7 months from incident date)
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9076404 11-Feb-15 27308 1994 Cyprus NK 0
Reported cause: Grounding (Likely root cause: human error) – driven ashore in ballast
Goodfaith
condition on Andros, Greece. All crew rescued. Equasis reports “In Casualty Or Repairing”.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2018.08.09 (42 months)
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9003108 08-Mar-15 69338 1990 Panama LR 0
Reported cause: water ingress (Likely root cause: unknown) - took water forward and subsequently
Panamax Trader
sank in the red sea northwest of Djibouti, carrying rock phosphate.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: No
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9614804 08-Aug-15 30910 2013 China CCS 0
Reported cause: Grounding (Likely root cause: navigation) - hit a reef near Zhoushan carrying
Jiang Quan 6 24,000 tons of ore while trying to avoid a collision with a fishing vessel. Equasis reports “In
Casualty Or Repairing”.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: No
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9045912 24-Oct-15 71665 1993 Mexico ABS 0
Reported cause: Grounding (Likely root cause: weather) – being victim to the Hurricane
Patricia which hit the Mexico’s Pacific coast, the ship ran aground on the rocks and sustained
Los Llanitos considerable damage while at anchor off the coast with approximately 11,484 litres of oil, 489
cubic meters of diesel and other contaminants aboard the ship. The ship’s hull was cracked in
the middle.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2018.12.13 (37 months)

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