Nagasaki Spirit

Nagasaki Spirit

Ship data flag  Liberia other ship names Neptune Leo (1993) Eagle Leo (1994) Aquila (1995–1997) Ross Sea (1997–2003) FSO PM-3 CAA (2003) Ship type Tanker home port Monrovia Shipping company Teekay Shipping Group Shipyard Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Launch 1988 Commissioning 1989

Ship dimensions and crew length 292 m ( Lüa ) width 42 m Draft Max. 20.3 m measurement 52,787 GRT

Machine system

Transport capacities Load capacity 95,967 dwt

Others Registration numbers IMO no. 8714968

Nagasaki Spirit was the name of the tanker shipping company Teekay Shipping Group , which on 19th September 1992 at 23:20 in the Strait of Malacca to the container ship Ocean Blessing collided. The Nagasaki Spirit was on its way from the Persian Gulf to Brunei with a cargo of around 40,000 tons of crude oil . The container ship was driverless after a pirate attack. 51 sailors were killed in the accident and 12,000 tons of oil ended up in the sea. The tanker was repaired and later converted into a " Floating Production Storage and Offloading Unit ".

Web links

• The Nagasaki Spirit , Nicolas Tang's blog

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nagasaki Spirit Incident , International Oil Pollution Compensation Fund, Note by the Director, October 5, 1992 (PDF file, 85 kB).
2. ^ Catherine Zara Raymond: Piracy in Southeast Asia: New Trends, Issues and Responses. ( Memento from June 19, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) In: Harvard Asia Quarterly. Volume IX, No. 4th case 2005.