Bulk carrier PANTHER MAX suffered engine failure in Dardanelles while ballasting from Egypt to Chornomorsk Ukraine at around 1340 UTC Feb 2 north of Canakkale.
Traffic Control Center was immediately alerted, SAR tugs responded and took the disabled bulk carrier to an anchorage in front of Saltik, Dardanelles. As of 1730 UTC Feb 2, the ship remained in the same position.
Bulk Carrier PANTHER MAX is currently located at EMED – Aegean Seat position 40° 14′ 02.9″ N, 026° 30′ 49.6″ E as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2022-02-02 19:11 UTC (6 minutes ago)
The wind in this area at that time blows from Southwest direction at force 1 Beaufort.
The vessel is currently at port CANAKKALE, TR and her next destination is CHORNOMORSK, UA
PANTHER MAX (IMO: 9593402) is a Bulk Carrier that was built in 2012 (10 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Bahamas.
Its carrying capacity is 81283 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 7.8 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 229 meters and her width is 32.25 meters.
Sources: Accidents by Mikhail Voytenko + Marine Traffic
