Bulk carrier YASA JUPITER requested medical assistance to Captain, who fell sick, on Nov 4 in Japan sea off Tsugaru Strait, while en route from China to Canada. Captain of Turkish nationality was airlifted by Japanese MRCC helicopter and transferred to hospital.
On Nov 5 bulk carrier called Hakodate anchorage, understood to receive a new Captain. The ship left Hakodate same day.
Bulk Carrier YASA JUPITER is currently located at JAPAN – Japan Coast at position 42° 01′ 40.6″ N, 144° 09′ 39.2″ E as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2022-11-05 19:31 UTC (1 day, 16 hours ago)
The vessel departed from ZHANGJIAGANG, CN on 2022-10-30 13:19 LT (UTC +8) and is currently sailing at 12.6 knots with Northeast direction heading to PRINCE RUPERT, CA with reported Estimated Time of Arrival at 2022-11-17 20:00 LT (UTC +8) local time (in 9 days, 23 hours)
YASA JUPITER (IMO: 9848132) is a Bulk Carrier that was built in 2019 (3 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Marshall Is.
It’s carrying capacity is 61078 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 7.5 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 199.9 meters and her width is 32 meters.
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