MS Bulk Jupiter

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Civil Ensign of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas
NameBulk Jupiter
Owner Gearbulk
OperatorGearbulk Norway
Port of registryCivil Ensign of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas
Builder Mitsui Ichihara Engineering & Shipbuilding
Launched10 June 2006
Out of serviceDecember 30, 2014
Identification
FateSank off the coast of Vung Tau, Vietnam
General characteristics
Tonnage
Length190 metres (620 ft)
Beam32 metres (105 ft)
Draught12.575 metres (41.26 ft)
Speed15 knots (28 km/h) [2]
Crew19 (16 lost, 2 dead, 1 survivor)

Bulk Jupiter was a Bahamas registered cargo ship. She sank off the coast of Vietnam on 1 January 2015. [3] [4]

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History

Sinking

On 2 January 2015 Bulk Jupiter sank off the coast of Vũng Tàu, Vietnam. She departed from Kuantan, Malaysia on 30 December 2014 with a crew of 19 Filipino sailors and a cargo of 46,400 tons of bauxite.

The Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (Vietnam MRCC) and The Japanese Coast Guard received distress signals at 22:54 hours UTC on 1 January in position lat 9".01' 01:001N, long 109" 15' 26.01E from Bulk Jupiter, but were unable to make contact with the vessel. [5]

Dispatched rescue vessels found one crew member, the ship's cook, who was rescued and was the only survivor. Later searches found two other bodies. The remaining 16 crew members are presumed dead.

Early reports indicated that the likely cause of the sinking was sudden loss of stability (free surface effect) from the bauxite cargo. [4] [6]

Investigation and corrective action

IMO has approved a circular to warn ships' masters about the liquefaction hazards of bauxite. [7]

not to accept bauxite for carriage unless:

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References

  1. ↑ "Bulk Jupiter Statistics". MarineTraffic. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Conventional Bulk Class" (PDF). Gearbulk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Ship Sinks Off Vietnam, Only 1 of 19 Crew Rescued". The Indian Express. The Associated Press. January 4, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Bulk Jupiter". Shipwreck Log. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Statement "Bulk Jupiter" - 1120am 3 January 2015". Gearbulk. Gearbulk. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Rescued chef of Bulk Jupiter refuses to offer more info, says 'tired'". Tuoitrenews. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "IMO circular" . www.imo.org. Retrieved 19 September 2015.


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