Chinese Fishing Vessel Survives Dangerous Encounter With a Bulker
- On Thursday last week, the 229-metre bulk carrier First Margaux struck the 49-metre Chinese fishing vessel Luqing Yuanyu in the Singapore Strait, an incident captured in online video.
- Both vessels entered the same westbound channel under the traffic separation scheme, or TSS, designed to prevent collisions in the busy Singapore Strait near Sentosa, where heavy traffic limited maneuverability.
- First Margaux, moving about 2-3 knots faster, overtook the smaller Fishing vessel from the port side before its bow made contact with the starboard quarter, forcing the ship to heel as Water flooded the deck.
- The damaged Luqing Yuanyu continued to transmit an AIS signal and reached a nearby berth, with no injuries or fatalities reported as of Sunday.
- First Margaux is a Japanese-owned, Chinese-managed bulk carrier flagged in Panama; the three-year-old vessel maintains a clean inspection record, according to maritime data.
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The cargo ship First Margaux, 229 meters long, has collided with the Chinese fishing vessel Lu Qing Yuan 108 in the Strait of Singapore, one of the busiest shipping routes in the world. The impressive images taken from the smaller boat show the merchant to approach the impact: the fishing vessel tilts sharply, the water invades the bridge and the crew members try to keep to the railings.
Huge cargo ship crashes into tiny Chinese fishing boat
Horrifying footage has captured the moment a 229-metre Panama-flagged bulk carrier, First Margaux, ploughed into the Chinese fishing vessel Luqing Yuanyu 108 in the Singapore Strait.The incident, filmed from aboard the 49-metre trawler on Thursday 17 September, saw the cargo ship closing in from behind before striking the smaller boat's starboard side.Terrified crew members can be seen desperately gripping railings as the impact tilts the fishin…
Following a telephone communication with the Company Protection Officer (CSO), the AMP confirmed that the bulk carrier did not suffer structural damage as a result of the impact.
Authorities have not released an official report on the accident, while the cause of the collision has not yet been determined - The First Margaux is a Panamanian-flagged ship The post Singapore: 229-meter cargo ship collides with Chinese fishing boat – Watch video appeared first on in.gr.
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