ZAMBOANGA
CITY (September 23, 2016) – Thank you that no human casualties were being
reported after the boat M/V Danica Joy 2 of Aleson Shipping Lines capsized
while anchored at Zamboanga City Port Thursday at 9:30 PM, Zamboanga City Port
Harbor Master Arthur Nogas said.
M/V
Danica Joy 2 has a capacity of 900 passengers with gross registered tons of
998.52 arrived at Zamboanga City Port 4:00 PM Thursday from Sandakan, Malaysia.
Initial
investigation said that based in the documents submitted by Boat Captain Diojenes
Saavedra, all the 799 passengers had already disembarked, consisting of 11
Malaysians, 1 Australian, 159 Filipinos and 603 deportees where 43 has expired
passports. The boat has a cargo of 33.90 tons of vegetable oil.
According
to the report that while the cargos were unloaded, there was a misunderstanding
among the stevedoring that caused chaos and turn the boat to tilt and resulted
to capsize.
Nogas
said, the portion of the port cannot be temporarily utilized due to ongoing
clearing of the area. The Aleson Shipping Lines need to dismantle the boat that
will last for months.
No comments:
Post a Comment