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2016

Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9138953 25-Feb-16 170082 1997 Panama NK 0
Suspected cause: Grounding (Likely root cause: human error) - carrying iron ore cargo, the
ship struck the canal bank and ran aground in the Suez Canal with two pilots on board while
New Katerina
transiting in the southern direction and sustained considerable damage in its fore part with
water ingress.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2017.04.18 (14 months)
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9135688 29-Feb-16 161121 1997 Panama KRS 0
Suspected cause: Grounding (Likely root cause: human error) - carrying 160,000 tons of coal from
New Mykonos Richards Bay to Vizag, the ship ran aground near Faux Cap, Madagascar on 29 Feb and broke in
three parts and sank on 8 May 2016.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2017.04.17 (15 months)
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
9172961 30-Jul-16 44183 1998 Liberia BV 0
Suspected cause: Grounding (Likely root cause: human error) - not carrying any cargo, the ship
Benita ran aground off Mahebourg on 17 Jun and sank under tow on 30 Jul approximately 93.5 nautical
miles from Mauritius.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2019.04.22 (33 months)
2017

Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class Loss of life
Date
Marshall
9038725 31-Mar-17 266141 1993 KR 22
Islands
Reported cause: Water ingress due to hull breach (Likely root cause: catastrophic structural
Stellar Daisy
failure) - the vessel, loaded with a cargo of iron ore from Brazil, sank in the South Atlantic
shortly after issuing a distress signal. Two crew members were rescued with 22 missing.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2019.4.20 (25 months)
Incident
Name IMO No. Deadweight Built Flag Class loss of life
Date
Hong Kong,
9449261 13-Oct-17 57367 2010 DNV GL 10
China
Reported cause: Cargo liquefaction (Likely root cause: cargo liquefaction) – loaded with nickel
ore cargo from Buli, Indonesia, cargo liquefaction and shifting occurred on board Emerald
Emerald Star
Star causing the vessel to heavily list and finally capsize, sinking approximately in position
19°03’N, 124°52’E at about 0140 hours on 13 October 2017. 16 crew members were rescued with ten
crew members missing.
Investigation report on IMO GISIS: available on 2021.06.02 (44 months)
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 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 was extinguished about five 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)

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