General cargo ship MANASSA ROSE M ran aground in the morning Jan 25 on northwest Crete island coast in Kissamos Bay, while en route from Iskenderun Turkey to Misrata Libya. According to not yet confirmed reports, the ship broke in two, understood weather is the main cause of the disaster – ship apparently, tried to find a shelter from a storm, but either went out of control, or couldn’t hold on against wind and sea, and finally, ran aground on the beach. 10 crew were rescued, 2 of them reportedly had to be hospitalized with hypothermia. She’s loaded with a cargo of steel.
General Cargo MANASSA ROSE M is currently located at EMED – Aegean Sea at position 35° 30′ 16.5″ N, 023° 41′ 25.7″ E as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2022-01-25 04:18 UTC (13 hours, 42 minutes ago)
The wind in this area at that time blows from the Northeast direction at force 6 Beaufort.
The vessel departed from ISKENDERUN, TR on 2022-01-18 10:05 LT (UTC +3) and is currently sailing at 0.3 knots with South direction heading to MISURATA, LY with reported Estimated Time of Arrival at 2022-01-26 21:00 LT (UTC +3) local time (in 23 hours, 59 minutes )
MANASSA ROSE M (IMO: 8204676) is a General Cargo that was built in 1982 (40 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Comoros.
Its carrying capacity is 5054 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 6 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 94.04 meters and her width is 16.24 meters.
Sources : s by Mikhail Voytenko + Marine Traffic
