MS Bulk Jupiter
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Bulk Jupiter |
| Owner: | Gearbulk |
| Operator: | Gearbulk Norway |
| Port of registry: |
 Bahamas |
| Builder: | Mitsui Ichihara Engineering & Shipbuilding |
| Launched: | 2006 |
| Out of service: | December 30, 2014 |
| Identification: |
IMO number: 9339947 MMSI number: 311060600 Callsign: C6ZN6 |
| Fate: | Sank off the coast of Vung Tau, Vietnam |
| Status: | Sunk |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 31,256 GT 56,009 DWT[1] |
| Length: | 190 metres (620 ft) |
| Beam: | 32 metres (105 ft) |
| Draught: | 12.575 metres (41.26 ft) |
| Speed: | 15 knots (28 km/h)[2] |
| Crew: | 19 (16 lost, 2 dead, 1 survivor) |
The Bulk Jupiter was a Bahamas registered cargo ship. It sank off the coast of Vietnam on January, 01, 2015.[3][4]
History
Sinking
On January 2nd, 2015 the Bulk Jupiter sank off the coast of Vung Tau, Vietnam. She departed from Kuantan, Malaysia on the 30 December 2014 with a cargo of 46,400 tons of bauxite and a crew of 19 Filipinos.
The Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (Vietnam MRCC) and The Japanese Coast Guard received a distress signals at 22:54 hours UTC on January 1 in position lat 9".01' 01:001N, long 109" 15' 26.01E from the Bulk Jupiter, but were unable to make contact with the vessel.[5]
Dispatched rescue vessels found one crew member, the ship's cook, who refused to cooperate. Later searches found two other bodies. The remaining 16 crew members are presumed dead but the search continues.
Early reports indicated that the likely cause of the sinking was sudden loss of stability from the bauxite cargo.[3][6]
References
- ↑ "Bulk Jupiter Statistics". MarineTraffic. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ "Conventional Bulk Class" (PDF). Gearbulk. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Press, The Associated. "Ship Sinks Off Vietnam, Only 1 of 19 Crew Rescued". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ "Bulk Jupiter". Shipwreck Log. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ "Statement "Bulk Jupiter" - 1120am 3 January 2015". Gearbulk. Gearbulk. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
- ↑ "Rescued chef of Bulk Jupiter refuses to offer more info, says 'tired'". Tuoitrenews. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
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