The 2,007 teu TSS Pearl has sunk according to multiple reports. The ship suffered a major fire in the Red Sea last week, with all crew evacuated. Since then all vessel tracking services have been unable to provide updates on its whereabouts.
has sunk according to multiple reports. The ship suffered a major fire in the Red Sea last week, with all crew evacuated. Since then all vessel tracking services have been unable to provide updates on its whereabouts.Cargo insurer WK Webster suggests the ship has sunk approximately 300 km southeast of Port Sudan with a number of containers floating at the site of the sinking.
Equasis lists the vessel as managed by UAE-based Tehama Shipping and owned by Rafidain Shipping.
Rest in peace TSS Pearl. No doubt you were a great ship, a worthy bearer of profits, and a safe-heaven for your crew.
Yet, it remains the curse of mis-declared cargo, and unsafe HazMat that destroys ships, wreaks havoc with cargo interests and causes immense destruction.
But the worst of all consequences is the trauma faced by the seafarers who survive a fire at sea and salvage their lives. Few can imagine what facing and fighting a fire on a ship is like, and fewer still know the feeling of abandoning ship.
These are often synonymous with serious injuries and the loss of comrades – or more than a few.
When will shipping tighten up arund the content of containers. Imagine if we were now speaking about misdeclared cargo on an aircraft.