MV Vinalines Queen
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Medicare Dublin
The Vinalines Queen was a Vietnamese Supramax bulk carrier in the seated and state-owned Vietnam National Shipping Lines in Hanoi ( Vinalines ). Home port was Haiphong. In December 2011, the cargo ship sank in a storm in the western reaches of the Philippine Sea.
Technical details
The ship was built in Japan with Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding in Tamano 2005. It was 189.99 meters long and 32.26 meters wide. The draft was in idle state is about 6.85 m and 12.10 m when fully loaded, the page height was 17.90 m. The ship was measured with 31,247 gross tons and had a crew of 23 men. A diesel engine MAN B & W 6S50MC - C6 enabled the ship a top speed of about 15.4 kn ( 29 km / h), but was being driven mostly for reasons of economy with about 12 to 13 knots. The bunker oil amount was just under 2,500 tons. The freighter had five cargo holds and four loading cranes that could lift a maximum weight of 30.5 tons. The hydraulically operated hatch covers of cargo holds four each measuring about 400 square meters, the fifth was dimensioned slightly smaller with about 330 square meters. The carrying capacity was given as 56 040 dwt.
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The Bauname of the ship was Medicare Dublin. It was built for the Kairasu Shipping SA, which it transmitted nearing completion at the Lepta Shipping Company. First, the Medicare Dublin was operated until 2006 by the shipping company Daiichi Chuo Tokyo Marine Company from 2006 to 2009, she ran for the shipping company Orchid Navy. In early August 2009, the freighter was renamed Vinalines Queen and September 8, 2009 acquired the shipping company Vinalines the ship. The Vinalines Queen bulk transported between Indonesia, the Philippines and the People's Republic of China, often the ports of Laizhou, Ningde and Tianjin in China, and the nickel ore ports of Morowali in Indonesia and Palawan were started.
Sinking of the Queen Vinalines
The ship was in December 2011 with a cargo of some 54,450 tons of nickel ore on board en route from Morowali ( Indonesia) to Ningde ( People's Republic of China ) than on December 24, northeast of Luzon in the western foothills of the Philippine Sea in a storm came. It is assumed that the charge due to an excessively high moisture content had become mushy and so as a result of movements slipped, resulting in the flip side, and finally a loss of stability of the ship. On the morning of December 25, approximately at 7.00 clock, put the Queen Vinalines an emergency call in which it was 18 degree list to port reports. After all contact was lost and the ship no longer answered. An automatic issuing a distress signal in the case of the sinking did not take place, why is unclear. A total of 13 ships in the vicinity had responded to the emergency call in the morning and offered to help, but had no visual contact can connect to the damaged vessel.
Although it was immediately begun a large-scale search operation on the part of Japanese, Taiwanese and the Philippine Coast Guard, no trace could be found of the ship. In addition, the bad weather hampered the search. It has been suggested that the Vinalines Queen had to be capsized and sank shortly after 7.00 clock within a few minutes. The assumed period of doom about Force 9 had prevailed in the sea area in question. After four days and an unsuccessful searching an area of about 40,000 square kilometers, presented the Japanese and Philippine Coast Guard their search with helicopters. On 8 January 2012, the Japanese Coast Guard searching finally broke for the time being from all over, but stated at the same time, at least as long to want to take any new searches, as long as there would be no new information concerning the ship or other potential survivor. Except for a film of oil, which is also another ship would, however, can be assigned, the search forces had been able to find any trace of Vinalines Queen. The freighter was seen with the entire crew missing.
The rescue of the sole survivor
It was only on 30 December 2011, the sailing under the flag of the Marshall Islands British bulk carrier London Courage could involve a single survivor, 31 -year-old Dau Ngoc Hung, from the sea. He was equipped with a life vest and protective clothing, carried to the sea for five days, but was in relatively good condition and was able to later recover from the strain again. Hung was almost 200 nautical miles west found the suspected Untergangsort the Vinalines Queen away. He later confirmed the suspicions about the rapid sinking. Although all crew members had already worn life jackets and were prepared for the emergency, it was just him managed to escape after the rapid capsizing.
Whereabouts
The Untergangsort the Vinalines Queen is not exactly known, but it lies north-east of Luzon, about 110 nautical miles east-northeast of the Babuyan Islands. As the sea can be up to 5,000 m deep at this point, has a search for the wreck has not taken place. On 2 January 2012, the Vietnam National Shipping Lines informed the British shipping newspaper Lloyd's List that you look at the ship finally come in for a loss. A total of 22 came in the demise of 23 crew members lost their lives. According to the Deputy Director General of Vinalines was the sum insured for the vessel at 27 million U.S. dollars.