General cargo ship SUN UNICORN allided with berthed container ship ABANOZ at Novorossiysk Port, Russia, Black sea, early in the morning Jun 15 after unmooring.
SUN UNICORN berthed in the evening of Jun 14 on arrival from Istanbul, so understood, she was shifting the berth at the time of an accident. SUN UNICORN also contacted pier. The ship sustained stern damages, ABANOZ probably, sustained only minor damages, because she left Novorossiysk in the afternoon of Jun 15, bound for Samsun Turkey.
Cargo/Containership SUN UNICORN is currently located at BSEA – Black Sea at position 44° 34′ 54.1″ N, 037° 45′ 05.9″ E as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2022-06-15 20:19 UTC (3 minutes ago)
The wind in this area at that time blows from the Southeast direction at force 1 Beaufort.
The vessel departed from NOVOROSSIYSK, RU on 2022-06-15 at 22:29 LT (UTC +3) and is currently sailing at 9.6 knots in Southwest direction heading to AMBARLI, TR with a reported Estimated Time of Arrival at 2022-06-18 02:00 LT (UTC +3) local time (in 2 days, 2 hours
SUN UNICORN (IMO: 9178422) is a Cargo/Containership that was built in 1998 (24 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Palau.
Its carrying capacity is 4791 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 4 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 99.63 meters and her width is 16.9 meters.
As Container Ship ABANOZ is currently located at BSEA – Black Sea at position 43° 37′ 37.5″ N, 037° 18′ 41.1″ E as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2022-06-15 20:23 UTC (7 minutes ago)
The wind in this area at that time blows from the West direction at force 2 Beaufort.
The vessel departed from NOVOROSSIYSK, RU on 2022-06-15 at 17:34 LT (UTC +3) and is currently sailing at 11.5 knots in South direction heading to SAMSUN, TR with a reported Estimated Time of Arrival at 2022-06-16 00:00 LT (UTC +3) local time (in 29 minutes )
ABANOZ (IMO: 9121857) is a Container Ship that was built in 1997 (25 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Panama.
Its carrying capacity is 523 TEU and its current draught is reported to be 5.9 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 99.95 meters and her width is 17.9 meters.
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