New guidance on dealing with situations involving missing seafarers has been produced by the International Seafarers' Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN), the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) and InterManager.
Three crewmembers of the timber carrier Apollo Kita died Friday while working in one of the vessel's holds. The suspected cause of death was asphyxiation.
Handy bulker hit by fire off Indonesia
Jason Jiang November 12th, 2018 https://splash247.com/handy-bulker-hit-by-fire-off-indonesia/
A fire erupted on the 1984-built handy bulker Golden Ocean off Indonesia on Saturday and 22 crewmemebers have been evacuated from the ship.
The fire started in the engine room when the vessel was in ballast near Bontang, Indonesia.
Bulk carrier on fire, crew abandoning the ship Update
Mikhail Voytenk November 10, 2018 http://maritimebulletin.net/2018/11/10/bulk-carrier-on-fire-crew-abandon...
Update 1600 UTC: All 22 crew evacuated and safe. Judging from photo, fire is in superstructure, maybe engine room. Bulk carrier is in ballast, she was to load coal at Bontang.