Singapore Maritime Authority Probes Collision Involving Bulk Carrier and Chinese Fishing Vessel
- On Thursday last week, the 229-metre bulk carrier First Margaux struck the 49-metre Chinese fishing vessel Luqing Yuanyu in the Singapore Strait, an incident captured in online video.
- Both vessels entered the same westbound channel under the traffic separation scheme, or TSS, designed to prevent collisions in the busy Singapore Strait near Sentosa, where heavy traffic limited maneuverability.
- First Margaux, moving about 2-3 knots faster, overtook the smaller Fishing vessel from the port side before its bow made contact with the starboard quarter, forcing the ship to heel as Water flooded the deck.
- The damaged Luqing Yuanyu continued to transmit an AIS signal and reached a nearby berth, with no injuries or fatalities reported as of Sunday.
- First Margaux is a Japanese-owned, Chinese-managed bulk carrier flagged in Panama; the three-year-old vessel maintains a clean inspection record, according to maritime data.
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Both crews are in good health after impact.
New terrifying footage captures massive cargo ship tipping fishing boat off Singapore
On September 17, dramatic footage captured the moment a 750-foot Panama-flagged bulk carrier, the First Margaux, collided with a 160-foot Chinese fishing vessel, the Luqing Yuanyu 108, off the coast of Singapore. Both ships had departed from an anchorage area earlier that morning and were traveling westbound in the same traffic lane when their paths...
BRIEFLY: A Panamanian-flagged tanker collided with a Chinese fishing vessel off the coast of Singapore last Thursday. The 229-meter-long cargo tanker First Margaux collided with the 49-meter-long Luqing Yuanyu 108. The two vessels left their berths at about the same time and were heading in the same direction along one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, Reuters reports. The collision caused a huge amount of water to pour into the smaller ves…
No injuries have been reported from the accident off the coast of Singapore.
Singapore maritime authority probes collision involving bulk carrier and Chinese fishing vessel
SINGAPORE: Singapore's maritime authority is investigating a collision involving a Chinese fishing vessel and a bulk carrier in the Singapore Strait, after footage of the incident circulated online.The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said on Tuesday (Sep 22) that the incident on Sep 17 involved
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