Lighter collided with bulk carrier, sank, 3 missing

A lighter ship identified as, FARDIN-1, loaded with some 600 tons of coal sank in Mongla port, Bangladesh, after she collided with, according to local news sources, bulk carrier HANDY PERTH, in the evening of Nov 15. Three out of six crew of lighter ship went missing. The lighter ship completed coal loading from berthed German freighter and was underway, HANDY PERTH was also underway, maneuvering to leave the port. It was said, that the lighter ship simply didn’t notice moving HANDY PERTH, and moved right to HANDY PERTH bow.

HANDY PERTH left Mongla shortly after the accident, sailed downstream, and anchored in the Bay of Bengal off the Kunga river mouth. As of morning Nov 16, she was in the same area either anchored or already underway, status “For Order”, probably waiting for investigation results.

 

Bulk Carrier HANDY PERTH is currently located at ECI – Bengal Bay at position 22° 17′ 23.2″ N, 089° 35′ 29.3″ E as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2021-11-12 15:42 UTC (4 days, 3 hours ago) Marine Traffic reported

 Added the report :The vessel departed from CHITTAGONG ANCH, BD on 2021-11-09 22:43 LT (UTC +6) and is currently sailing at 0.1 knots with Northwest direction heading to MONGLA, BD with reported Estimated Time of Arrival at 2021-11-10 14:00 LT (UTC +6) local time (6 days, 11 hours ago)

HANDY PERTH (IMO: 9628128) is a Bulk Carrier that was built in 2013 (8 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Panama.

It’s carrying capacity is 35177 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 6.2 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 180 meters and her width is 30 meters

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