General cargo ship VIET PHU 16 in the morning Jan 16 suffered underwater hull breach, under unclear circumstances. Understood the ship hit some underwater object, or contacted bottom, and started to take on water, southwest of Cu Lao Cham island, Quang Nam Province, central Vietnam, East China sea. The ship’s bottom in two cargo holds was holed, also the ship’s bow was said to be damaged. She was ordered to approach shallow waters of Cu Lao Cham island, to avoid sinking – understood to intentionally run aground? The ship with 2330 tons of cement on board is en route from Hai Phong to Chu Lai, Quang Nam Province. No leak reported so far.
General Cargo VIET PHU 16 is currently located at SEASIA – South-East Asia at position 15° 58′ 24.7″ N, 108° 28′ 07.3″ E as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2022-01-11 02:36 UTC (5 days, 15 hours ago)
The vessel departed from HAI PHONG, VN on 2022-01-09 11:13 LT (UTC +7) and is currently sailing at 6.9 knots with Southeast direction heading to LONG AN, VN with reported Estimated Time of Arrival at 2022-05-30 23:00 LT (UTC +7) local time (in 4 months, 13 days )
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Sources : Accidents by Mikhail Voytenko + Marine Traffic
