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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)

2019

Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9245237 20-Aug-19 52378 2002 * Indonesia NK 27
Reported cause: Cargo liquefaction (Likely root cause: cargo liquefaction) - carrying nickel
ore from Weda island (North Maluku) to Morosi (southeast Sulawesi), Indonesia, Bulk carrier Nur
Allya disappeared near Buru Island in Maluku on 20 Aug 2019, with all the 27 seafarers onboard
drowned. Authorities located the missing bulk carrier Nur Allya – 843 meters beneath the ocean,
Nur Allya in the eastern ‘spice islands’ of Maluku in Oct 2019.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2021.11.12 (27 months) (Note: some sections in
English and some in Bahasa Indonesia)

Note . The Certificate of Nationality states that her YOB is 2001, while both Equasis and her
*
class Certificates state 2002 as the YOB.
2020

Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
Marshall
9726803 24-Feb-20 300660 2016 KR 0
Islands
Reported cause: Grounding (Likely root cause: human element) – VLOC Stellar Banner ran aground
off the coast of Brazil earlier on 24 Feb 2020 while carrying 294,871 metric tons of iron ore.
Stellar Banner All 20 crew members were evacuated. The ship was refloated on June 3 after 145,000 metric tons
of iron ore and 3,900 cubic meters of bunker fuel were lightered. Due to the extent of hull
damage suffered as a result of the incident, the ship was declared a total constructive loss on
4 June 2020 and scuttled about 150 kilometers from the coast of Maranhão on June 12, 2020.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2021.11.12 (21 months)
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9337119 25-Jul-20 203130 2007 Panama NK 0
Reported cause: Grounding (Likely root cause: human element) - on the day of grounding on a reef
off Mauritius (July 25) carrying around 3,894 tonnes of fuel oil and no cargo, she tried to reduce
the distance from the coast from 5 nautical miles to 2 nautical miles to enter an area within
Wakashio
the communication range of mobile phones and used a nautical chart without sufficient scale to
confirm the accurate distance from the coast and water depth; broke in two on 12 Aug; more than
1,000 tonnes of fuel seeped from a crack in the hull.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2021.7.21 (12 months)

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