South Korean ore carrier of 28.000 tons Stellar Daisy went missing in South Atlantic shortly after issuing distress signal to the shipowner. The vessel with 24 crew, including 8 South Korean and 16 Filipino on board, was in waters near Uruguay after departing Brazil on March 26 en route to China, is…

Korean Coast Guard raid the offices of Polaris Shipping to find clues on the sinking from the way the ship was managed, maintained and operated: http://fairplay.ihs.com/safety-regulation/article/4287006/stellar-daisy-loss-busan-coast-guard-raids-polaris-shipping-s-offices?utm_source=Eloqua&utm_mediu…

A bit late isn’t it? I hope that some evidence is still left… Korea being Korea, meaning the notorious intertwinement of business and government worlds, I also hope that Polaris was not forewarned. Btw Fairplay is behind a pay wall but I can get a $100 discount if I sign up right now. That is a v…

Meanwhile the 30 year old Berge Stahl will not go to the breakers just yet: http://sysla.no/maritim/torrbulkgiganten-som-stod-fikk-en-ny-sjanse/ She was for many years the largest Ore Carrier in the world, trading mainly between Brazil and Rotterdam, but made her last trip on that run late last yea…

Part 3 of “Unsafe at any draft” in Splash 24/7 today: http://splash247.com/unsafe-draft-part-three/

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My mistake. Another senior moment. Now corrected, although Dutchie got there first.

Maybe nothing will change because of the loss of Stellar Daisy and 22 seafarers: http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/222314/bimco-no-reason-to-sell-old-converted-vlocs/ It is a cruel world.

Polaris is laying up some of their troubled fleet of VLOCs in Labuan: http://splash247.com/polaris-sends-elderly-vlocs-cold-layup/

Stellar Unicorn - Gadani Ship Breaking Yard , Plot 91. Photo courtesy of Galzar Khan [unicorn]

Ore carrier Stellar Daisy vanishes in South Atlantic

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