# Cargo vessel sinks in the Bahamas

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**Category:** Marine Incidents\
**Created:** [January 8, 2023, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/cargo-vessel-sinks-in-the-bahamas/65110 "2023-01-08T11:32:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 8, 2023, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/cargo-vessel-sinks-in-the-bahamas/65110/1 "2023-01-08T11:32:52Z")

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> **[Video: Freighter Goes Down off Great Abaco](https://maritime-executive.com/article/video-freighter-goes-down-off-abaco)**
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> A freighter went down last week off the coast of Abaco, The Bahamas in foul weather, and salvors are working to reduce the risk of pollution. The Anti...

> **[BalticShipping.com](https://www.balticshipping.com/vessel/imo/9255725)**

Note that the lifeboat is floating next to the free fall davit, unused.  
A liferaft appears to have floated free, inflated but still attached to the wreck; unused.

Not very often that LSA (aside from lifejacket and survival suites) actually get used for evacuation these days. Anybody have statistics?