Bow Mariner
BOW MARINER eksploderte og tok fyr 50 nautiske mil øst for kysten av den amerikanske delstaten Virginia og sank 28. februar 2004. Seks sjømenn ble reddet, og tre ble funnet døde. 18 er fortsatt savnet.
BOW MARINER hadde nettopp forlatt New York og var på vei til Texas City med 11. 000 tonn etanol (industrialkohol) da skipet kom i brann 80 kilometer utenfor øya Chinoteague i delstaten Virginia. Skipet rakk så vidt å sende ut mayday-signaler før det sank.
In September 1999, BOW MARINER visited Bergen Harbour a few days while she waited for the cargo would be ready at the Mongstad Oil Terminal. It is not often Odfjell’s chemical tankers are on this side of the world, but in 1998 and 1999, we had a visit to some of them. On 23 September, she left Bergen for the last time. She had imo: 7923512, and was built in 1982.
BOW MARINER exploded and caught fire 50 nautical mil east coast of the U.S. state of Virginia and sank 28 February 2004. Six sailors were rescued and three were found dead. 18 are still missing.
BOW MARINER had just leftNew York and was on his way toTexas City with 11 000 tons of ethanol (industrial alcohol) when the ship caught fire 80 kilometers off the island Chinoteague in the state ofVirginia. The ship barely had time to send out mayday signals before it sank.