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2016

Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9138953 25-Feb-16 170082 1997 Panama NK 0
Suspected cause: Allision, grounding and flooding (Likely root cause: human error) - Carrying
iron ore cargo, it struck Canal bank and ran aground in Suez Canal with two pilots on board
New Katerina
while transiting in southern direction and sustained considerable damage in its fore part with
water ingress.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2017.04.18 (14 months)
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9135688 29-Feb-16 161121 1997 Panama KRS 0
Suspected cause: Grounding and flooding (Likely root cause: human error) - Carrying 160,000
New Mykonos tons of coal from Richards Bay to Vizag, it ran aground near Faux Cap, Madagascar on 29 Feb and
broke in three parts and sank on 8 May 2016.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2017.04.17 (15 months)
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9172961 30-Jul-16 44183 1998 Liberia BV 0
Suspected cause: Grounding (Likely root cause: human error) - not carrying any cargo, it ran
Benita aground off Mahebourg on 17 Jun and sank under tow on 30 Jul approximately 93.5 nautical miles
from Mauritius.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2019.04.22 (33 months)

2017

Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
Marshall
9038725 31-Mar-17 266141 1993 KR 22
Islands
Reported cause: Flooding (Likely root cause: catastrophic structural failure) - The vessel,
Stellar Daisy
loaded with a cargo of iron ore from Brazil, sank in South Atlantic shortly after issuing a
distress signal. Two crew members were rescued with 22 missing.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2019.4.20 (25 months)
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class loss of life
Date
Hong Kong,
9449261 13-Oct-17 57367 2010 DNV GL 10
China
Reported cause: Cargo liquefaction (Likely root cause: cargo liquefaction) - loaded with nickel
ore cargo from Buli, Indonesia, cargo liquefaction and shifting occurred onboard Emerald Star
Emerald Star
causing the vessel heavily listed and finally capsized and sank approximately in position
19°03’N, 124°52’E at about 0140 hours on 13 October 2017. 16 crew members were rescued with 10
crew members missing.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2021.06.02 (44 months)
2018

Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9047740 18-Jun-18 50587 1993 Australia DNV GL 0
Reported cause: Fire (Likely root cause: human element) - during cargo discharge operations
of the ship’s cargo of dolomite while alongside at Port Kembla, a fire broke out in the
internal cargo handling spaces and eventually extinguished about 5 days after it started. The
Iron Chieftain self-unloading (SUL) bulk carrier sustained substantial structural damage, including breaches of
two fuel oil tanks, and key components of the SUL system were largely destroyed. The ship was
declared a constructive total loss. The ship’s crew were evacuated. There were no serious injuries
or pollution of the sea reported.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2021.7.29 (37 months)

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