Wakashio (ship, 2007)

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Wakashio
The wrecked Wakashio
The wrecked Wakashio
Ship data
flag PanamaPanama Panama
Ship type Capesize - bulk carrier
class G203BC
Callsign 3EKF7
home port Panama
Owner Okiyo Maritime Corp.
Shipping company Nagashiki Shipping Co.
Shipyard Universal Shipbuilding Corporation, Tsu
Build number 046
Keel laying September 23, 2004
Launch March 9, 2007
Whereabouts 2020 damaged
Ship dimensions and crew
length
299.95 m ( Lüa )
broad 50.00 m
Draft max. 17.91 m
measurement 101,932 GT / 66,396 NRZ
 
crew 20th
Machine system
machine 1 × diesel engine
Machine
performanceTemplate: Infobox ship / maintenance / service format 		16,860 kW (22,923 hp)
propeller 1
Transport capacities
Load capacity 203,130 dwt
Volume 217,968 m³
Others
Classifications Nippon Kaiji Kyōkai
Registration
numbers 		IMO no. 9337119

The Wakashio ( Japanese わかしお, "young flood") was a 2007 from the stack overflowed 299.5 meters long and 50 meters wide Capesize - Bulk of Werftbautyps G203BC.

The ship ran aground off Mauritius in July 2020 and broke up as a result. An oil spill was caused.

story

The ship was built under hull number 046 at the Universal Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard in Tsu , Japan . The keel was laid on September 23, 2004, the launch on March 9, 2007. The ship was completed on May 30, 2007.

The ship, which operates under the Panamanian flag , is owned by the Okiyo Maritime Corporation. It was initially the Japanese company World Marine Company bereedert , in February 2011, the Japanese shipping company also Nagashiki Shipping took over the ship management of the ship. The ship last sailed on the Mitsui OSK Lines time charter .

Technical specifications

The ship was on a two-stroke - six-cylinder - diesel engine with 16,860  kW power driven. The engine from the manufacturer Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co. acted on a propeller . Four diesel generator sets with 2275 kVA apparent power were available to generate electricity on board  .

The ship had nine holds that were closed with hatch covers that opened to the side . The cargo hold capacity was 217,968 m³, the carrying capacity of the ship was 203,130  tdw .

Average and oil spill

Satellite image of the wrecked Wakashio off Mauritius
The broken Wakashio

On July 25, 2020, the empty ship, which was en route from Singapore to Brazil , hit a coral reef off the east coast of the island of Mauritius near Mahébourg beach . On board were 20 seamen from India , Sri Lanka and the Philippines , who were taken from board after the ship ran aground. Investigations by the authorities revealed that the autopilot was activated at the time of the accident and that a crew member's birthday was being celebrated. The captain stated that he was drunk and therefore did not notice that the ship was so close to the mainland. Shortly beforehand, the route had been changed in order to pass closer to the island - according to the seafarers, in order to establish contact with a cell phone network. The operator, the Japanese shipping company Nagashiki Shipping Co. , apologized for the accident. On August 18, the ship's master and officer were arrested.

The fuel tanks contained around 3800 to 4000 tons of heavy fuel oil and 200 tons of marine diesel oil . Attempts to salvage the ship were unsuccessful. A fuel tank leaked after about twelve days due to the swell, also as a result of bad weather . More than 1,000 tons of fuel leaked and caused an oil spill at sea and in the surrounding reef and coastal areas. Barriers have been put in place to contain the oil leak , but it has not been fully controlled. The reason for this is also the inadequate equipment in Mauritius, for which this is the first such incident. As a result, the oil spill spread over an area of ​​around 30 square kilometers .

On August 12, the remaining fuel was pumped out of the tanks. However, there were still around 100 tons of oil on board that were not stored in tanks. Mauritius is badly hit both economically and ecologically by the disaster , as tourism, fisheries and the ecosystem are affected. The nearby Ramsar wetlands Pointe d'Esny and Blue Bay Marine Park are particularly damaged .

On August 15, 2020, the ship broke in two. On August 19, the front part of the ship began to be towed away. It was sunk about eight nautical miles (14.8 km) from the reef on August 21 . The information on the water depth varies considerably in the sources. The 5,000 to 15,000 t heavy ship fragments were not recycled as steel scrap - either on site or after being towed. The environmental protection organization Greenpeace described this as the worst of all available options, especially because of the expected heavy metal pollution in the surrounding protected areas and fishing grounds as far as Réunion . It is also in an area where many whales nurse their calves at this time of year, including humpback whales , sperm whales , blue whales, and other species.

On August 31, the tug Sir Gaëtan Duval of the Mauritius port administration collided with a boat during salvage work and sank. Three crew members were killed and the captain went missing (as of September 2020).

In February 2021, with the help of the Hong Bang 6 , the dismantling of the stern section, which was still on the reef and weighing around 8,000 tons, began.

The ship's captain and first officer were each sentenced to 20 months' imprisonment in December 2021. The approximately 16-month pre-trial detention was offset against the prison sentence. Both seamen were released from the remaining sentence of about four months.

Individual evidence

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  24. ↑ Recovery of damaged freighter on Mauritius started. Retrieved August 22, 2020 .
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Coordinates: 20 ° 26 ′ 17 ″  S , 57 ° 44 ′ 38 ″  E