TTSB - Taiwan Transportation Safety Board

07/25/2024 | Press release | Archived content

Bulk Carrier “FU SHUN” sank an...

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On 25th July 2024, at about 0602 local time, a Tanzania flag bulk carrier "FU SHUN" (IMO No. 8510221) with a gross tonnage of 599 carrying 9 Myanmar crew members and 8 refrigerated containers onboard suffered listing and water ingress at 15.4 nautical miles offshore Kaohsiung port. Master announced to abandon ship. The occurrence resulted in the vessel sank, 2 crew members killed and 4 crew members missing.