# Giant Ore Carrier Stellar Banner Refloated Off Brazil

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/giant-ore-carrier-stellar-banner-refloated-off-brazil/55652>\
**Category:** Marine Incidents\
**Created:** [June 5, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/giant-ore-carrier-stellar-banner-refloated-off-brazil/55652 "2020-06-05T09:28:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/giant-ore-carrier-stellar-banner-refloated-off-brazil/55652/1 "2020-06-05T09:28:06Z")

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> **[Giant Ore Carrier Stellar Banner Refloated Off Brazil](https://gcaptain.com/giant-ore-carrier-stellar-banner-refloated-off-brazil/)**
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> Salvors in Brazil have refloated the stricken Stellar Banner more than three months after the VLOC ran aground.   The refloating comes following the removal of approximately 145,000 metric tons of …

Original forum thread here:

[VLOC Bulk Carrier Stellar Banner Grounded off Ponta da Madeira, Brazil](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/vloc-bulk-carrier-stellar-banner-grounded-off-ponta-da-madeira-brazil/54384)