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MOL COMFORT BREAKS UP IN THE INDIAN OCEAN
In an extraordinary event, the 8,110 containership MOL Comfort on passage from Singapore to Jeddah has broken in half in the Indian Ocean after suffering a severely cracked hull in bad weather off the coast of Yemen. The 26 crew members were forced to abandon ship and were rescued by Hapag Lloyd’s Yantian Express. The vessel is classed by NKK and insured for around $83 million through the Japan Shipowners Mutual Protection. As the picture shows, the vessel’s back is broken, a rare event normally associated with freak waves off the coast of South Africa. A patrol boat is standing by the two sections and MOL has signed Lloyd’s Open Form with both Smit and Nippon Salvage. There are believe to be five vessels of similar design to MOL Comfort, all built by Mitsubish Heavy Industries in Japan.
The two halves of the hull remain afloat and so far there is no oil pollution
The two halves of the hull remain afloat and so far there is no oil pollution
