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2021

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

2022

Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9172399 19-Sept-22 35362 1999 Tuvalu KR 0
Reported cause: Collision (Likely root cause: unknown) – the ship sustained hull breach in the
fore section following a collision on 29 Aug 2022, and grounded at Catalan Bay to avoid sinking,
OS 35 carrying a cargo of 33,632 tonnes of steel bars. The hull suffered substantial damage after
the grounding. On 19 Sept 2022, it was reported that the ship’s hull was broken, although not
completely split in two. All 24 crew members were evacuated.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: No.
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9665451 31-Oct-22 9999 2014 Panama BV 12
Xing Shun Reported cause: Weather (Likely root cause: unknown) – Cement carrier Xing Shun No 1 lost
No 1 power and sank in rough seas on 31 Oct 2022 in Taiwan Strait, with 12 crew members missing.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: No

2023

Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9493494 01-Mar-23 32500 2008 China CCS 0
Reported cause: Weather (Likely root cause: unknown) – Suffering massive water ingress from a
hull breach by ice on 23 Feb while at anchor in the Tatar Strait south of Vanino Khabarovsk Krai
Yong Xing 56
carrying a cargo of alumina, it sank on 1 Mar after the breach wasn’t sealed, and pumping water
out of flooded compartments failed. All crew members were safely evacuated from the ship.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: No

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