What really happened to the Very Large Ore Carrier Stellar Daisy

[Skipper1964]

A simulation on the VLOC Stellar Daisy which sank due to a massive hull structural failure…

We are currently using the case study for our students and trainees…

Any opinions and feedback regarding the incident would be greatly helpful for our discussion … Thanks in advance…

[Dutchie]

See the following two threads on gCaptain regarding the Stellar Daisy’s tragedy.

Ore carrier Stellar Daisy vanishes in South Atlantic

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, issued distress signal on Friday evening. The last five days there were no AIS reports. Two survivors were picked up so we will probably know what happened. According to a message from the ship the shi…

Stellar Daisy Located at a depth of 3461 meter in the South Atlantic Ocean

Ocean Infinity, the next generation seabed survey and ocean exploration company, has successfully located the wreck of the lost South Korean tanker, Stellar Daisy, at a depth of 3461 meter in the South Atlantic Ocean, approximately 1800 nautical miles due west of Cape Town. https://gcaptain.com/ocean-infinity-locates-sunken-stellar-daisy-in-remote-south-atlantic/

[Dutchie]

The video shows no new facts as is suggested by the title “What really happened to the Very Large Ore Carrier Stellar Daisy”.

[Skipper1964]

Many thanks for the additional info… appreciate it…