Rhosus (ship)

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Rhosus
Rhosus, 2011
Rhosus , 2011
Ship data
flag Moldova RepublicRepublic of Moldova Moldova
other ship names

Daifuku Maru No. 8 (1986-2002)
Seokjung Long (2003-2005)
Zheng Long (2003-2007)
New Legend Glory (2007-2008)

Ship type Coaster
Callsign ERPU
home port Giurgiuleşti
Owner Briarwood Corp.
Shipyard Tokuoka Shipbuilding, Naruto, Japan
Order 1984
Commissioning 1986
Whereabouts unclear, probably sunk in the port of Beirut at position 33 ° 54 '21.32 "N 35 ° 31' 6.81" E
Ship dimensions and crew
length
86.6 m ( Lüa )
width 12.0 m
Draft Max. 4.9 m
measurement 1900 GT / 964 NRZ
 
crew 10
Machine system
machine 1 × Hanshin diesel engine (type: 6LU32G)
Machine
performance 		1,001 PS (736 kW)
Top
speed 		10.5 kn (19 km / h)
propeller 1 × fixed propeller
Transport capacities
Load capacity 3226 dw
Volume 4136 m³
Others
Classifications Maritime Lloyd Georgia
Registration
numbers 		IMO no. 8630344

The Rhosus was a Moldovan coaster that was arrested in the port of Beirut in 2014 after a port state control . The whereabouts of the ship is unclear. It is considered non-existent and probably sank in the Beirut port in early 2018.

history

The ship was built in 1986 at the Tokuoka Shipbuilding Yard in Naruto , Japan, as a dredger and in October 1986 as Daifuku Maru No. 8 put into service. It was sold and renamed several times between 2002 and 2008:

  • 2002 - sold to Nishi Nippon Kaiyo
  • 2002 - sold to an unknown Korean owner, new name Seokjung No. 505
  • 2005 - sold to HK Zheng Long Shipping Co., new name Zheng Long 5
  • 2005 - sold to Rui Hua HK Shipping Co.
  • 2007 - sold to Sea Star International Shipping Group, new name New Legend Glory
  • 2008 - sold to Briarwood Corp., new name Rhosus , conversion to a cargo ship in 2009.

Arrested in Beirut

The Rhosus left Batumi in Georgia on September 27, 2013 for Beira in Mozambique . On board were 2750 t of ammonium nitrate in big bags from the fertilizer manufacturer Rustavi Azot for the Fábrica de Explosivos de Moçambique explosives factory . The business was financed by the Mozambican Millennium bim .

The ship called at Zeytinburnu , Tuzla , Piraeus and finally the port of Beirut on November 20, 2013. According to the captain, additional cargo was to be taken over in Beirut to finance the passage through the Suez Canal . However, the cargo was too heavy for the hatch cover and could therefore not be stowed on deck. According to other reports, the start of Beirut was due to technical problems. A port state control was carried out in Beirut , during which deficiencies were found that led to a ban on sailing. The ship had already been noticed during a port state inspection in Seville in July 2013 . 14 deficiencies were found there, three of which led to an expiry ban that was only lifted after 13 days.

Due to the detention order of the ship in Beirut, there were legal disputes between the shipping company and those involved in the cargo, as a result of which the latter abandoned the cargo. Finally, the shipping company also gave up the ship, which was still held in Beirut. Because of the open mooring costs and the unpaid contractual penalty , the Rhosus was confiscated by the Lebanese authorities on February 4, 2014. ( ⊙ ) The Lebanese migration authorities initially only allowed six crew members to leave the country. The Russian captain and three other Ukrainian crew members initially had to stay on board. Only after the captain had sold part of the ship's diesel engine to finance legal assistance, he and the remaining seafarers were allowed to leave the country in September 2014.

Because of the potential danger of the charge - Ammonium nitrate is as dangerous goods of Class 5.1 classified (igniting action) - then ordered the Lebanese authorities to the discharge of the ship. The ammonium nitrate was then brought to warehouse 12 in the port between September 2014 and October 2015.

At the beginning of 2014 the ship was removed from the Moldovan register after certificates expired. The New York Times researched, based on multispectral satellite images, that it sank at the pier of the Beirut port in early 2018 .

The ammonium nitrate stored in the port of Beirut probably led to the catastrophic explosion on August 4, 2020 .

Ship description

The Rhosus was a multi-purpose cargo ship with two holds , which were closed by hatches 22 meters long and 9 meters wide. The volume of the holds were 4136 m³ for bulk goods and 3837 m³ for general cargo . The carrying capacity of the ship was 3226 t. The ship was 86.6 m long and 12 m wide, the maximum draft was 4.9 m. It was measured with 1900 GT and 964 NRZ . The crew was nine to ten seamen.

The ship's propulsion system consisted of a six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine from Hanshin Diesel Works. The 6LU32G engine had an output of 1001 hp. It drove a propeller with a fixed pitch and gave the ship a speed of 10.5  knots .

Web links

Commons : Rhosus  - collection of images, videos and audio files

annotation

  1. ↑ Rustavi Azot points in a notice on its website that could not be confirmed whether the ammonium nitrate in Georgia and especially in Rustavi how widespread media was prepared.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b m / v Rhosus - Arrest and Personal Freedom of the Crew. In: The Arrest News. October 2015, accessed August 5, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Rhosus (IMO 8630344). In: Maritime-Connector.com. Accessed August 5, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c MV Rhosus (8630344) Sea-web. Retrieved August 6, 2020 . (chargeable login required).
  4. ↑ a b Electronic Quality Shipping Information System (equasis). Accessed August 5, 2020 (English). (Login required).
  5. ↑ Daifuku Maru No. 8 , IMO 8630344 , Miramar Ship Index, accessed on August 5, 2020 (chargeable login required).
  6. ↑ Аммиачная селитра, взорвавшаяся в порту Бейрута, предназначалась для завода. Медиазона, August 5, 2020, accessed August 7, 2020 .
  7. ^ A b Declan Walsh, Andrew Higgins: Blame for Beirut Explosion Begins With a Leaky, Troubled Ship . In: The New York Times . August 5, 2020, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed August 6, 2020]).
  8. ^ Charlie Bartlett: Abandoned ship Rhosus suspected as origin of explosive Beirut cargo. Safety at Sea, August 7, 2020, accessed August 8, 2020 .
  9. ↑ a b Beirut explosion: Captain Boris Prokoshev on why Rhosus was in Beirut. In: youtube.com. BBC News, August 7, 2020, accessed August 14, 2020 .
  10. ↑ July 2013. Ministerio de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana, accessed on August 5, 2020 (Spanish).
  11. ↑ This ship brought the ammonium nitrate to Beirut , THB - Daily Port Report , August 5, 2020.
  12. ↑ a b Rami Ruhayem and Paul Adams: The inferno and the mystery ship. BBC, August 8, 2020, accessed August 14, 2020 .
  13. ↑ a b Madalin Necsutu: Moldova-Flagged Ship Suspected of Carrying Beirut Blast Chemicals. Balkan Insight, August 5, 2020, accessed August 5, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Причиной взрыва в Бейруте назвали груз со связанного с россиянином судна. РБК, August 5, 2020, accessed August 5, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Seamen of the Rhosus . Retrieved August 7, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Mikhail Voytenko: Crew kept hostages on a floating bomb - m / v Rhosus, Beirut. FleetMon Maritime News, July 23, 2014, accessed August 5, 2020 .
  17. ↑ a b Украинские моряки выживали больше года на брошенном судне. Seafarers Journal, September 19, 2014, accessed August 5, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Alexander Molchanov: "Я каждый месяц писал Путину!" Интервью с капитаном судна, груз которого взорвался в Бейруте. Сибирь.Реалии, August 5, 2020, accessed August 7, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Seafarer Rights, Ship Abandonment, and the explosion in Beirut. Stables Seas, August 5, 2020, accessed August 5, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Christoph Koettl, Drew Jordan: Ship Cited in Beirut Blast Hasn't Sailed in 7 Years. We Found It. In: The New York Times . August 7, 2020, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed August 9, 2020]). (Login required).
  21. ↑ Photos show sunken ship that brought ammonium nitrate to Beirut - and never left. The Times of Israel, August 8, 2020, accessed August 8, 2020 .