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GLOBAL SHARING MONTHLY NEWSLETTER – NOV. 2013 – DARE TO DARE
DARED TO SAVE LIVES DESPITE PIRACY THREAT
Bulker sinks off Oman
THE INCIDENT – One of our
managed vessels responded to a
distress call from a sinking Bulker and
saved 22 lives at sea, about 150 NM
from the Oman coast. Own vessel was
fully loaded and there exist a real risk
of piracy attack despite which Vessels
entire team responded to call and
rescued lives from sinking vessel.
A Turkish-owned bulker that suffered an engine room fire off the
coast of Oman has finally sunk.
The 27,209-dwt Atlantik Confidence (built 2006) suffered the fire
over the weekend about 150 nm southeast of Masirah Island,
Oman
Military sources in the Middle East now say there was an
explosion aboard the Liberian-flagged ship which resulted in a
hull breach.
Unfortunately, the crew could not manage to extinguish the fire
and the captain had no choice but to abandon ship.
The crew were initially rescued by the ST Shipping & Transportoperated 48,000-dwt tanker Alpine Marie (built 2010) and then
later transferred to the 6,970-dwt chemical tanker YM Pluto (built
2009).
The ship sank in position 20° 19.942'N, 061° 26.02'E while in the
presence of a salvage tug according to the US Navy’s Maritime
Liaison Office (Marlo) in Bahrain.
The handy size bulker is owned by Turkish ship-owner Atlantik
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