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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: human element) – the ship sustained hull breach
in the fore section following a collision on 29 Aug 2022, and grounded at Catalan Bay to avoid
OS 35 sinking, 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: Available on 02 Feb 2025
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9665451 31-Oct-22 9999 2014 Panama BV 12
Reported cause: cargo shifting (Likely root cause: mistake on ship-operation) – Cement carrier
Xing Shun Xing Shun No 1 lost power, listed seriously, capsized and sank in rough seas on 31 Oct 2022 in
No 1
Taiwan Strait, with 12 crew members missing.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: Available on 11 Apr 2024
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

2024

Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9481427 01-Oct-24 79474 2010 Barbados ABS 0
Reported cause: Grounding (Likely root cause: Unknown) - forced ashore and grounded during Typhoon
Blue Lagoon Krathon on 01 Oct after suffering water ingress in the engine room, carrying 67,500 tonnes of ore,
and broken in two on 04 Oct 2024. There was no spill, and all crew members were safely rescued.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: No

Additional Casualty list – Consequence of missile, drone and drone boat attacks

Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9138898 02-Mar-24 32211 1997 Belize NK 0
Region: Red Sea – Rubymar, built as a bulk carrier and trading as a general cargo ship, sank on
Rubymar 02 Mar 2024 with 21,000 metric tonnes of ammonium phosphate sulphate fertiliser on board. It
had been taking on water since a missile strike on 18 Feb damaged its hull.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: No
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9460784 06-Mar-24 50448 2011 Barbados NK 3
Region: Red Sea – it was hit by a missile on 6 March while it was 50 nautical miles (93
True km) south-west of the port city of Aden and seriously damaged, killing three crewmembers.
Confidence Abandoned by its crew, it was eventually towed to the UAE by a salvage tug, and Equasis
shows her a total loss.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: No
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9942627 18-Jun-24 82357 2022 Liberia LR 1
Region: Red Sea – was hit on the stern by an explosive-filled uncrewed surface vessel (USV) and
Tutor
seriously damaged, killing one crewmember, on 12 Jun and sank in the southern Red Sea on 18 Jun 2024.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: No

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