Ince-Ege

For the second time in a week, a Turkish seafarer has fallen to his death while attempting to attempt to determine his vessel’s draft after loading operations. The second mate Yucel Ulaskin, a Turkish citizen aged 36, was attempting to read the vessel’s draft markings along with a sailor during a storm at the port. He descended a pilot’s ladder to read the markings and around 2:30 a.m. LT slipped and fell from the ladder into the water. The sailor that was with him sounded the alarm and tossed a life ring overboard. One sailor donned a lifejacket and went down the ladder and into the water to search for his colleague. However, at the time waves were running at more than six feet and the wind speeds were between 17 and 20 knots. They determined that it was not possible to lower a rescue boat but radioed the search and rescue coordination center AAKKA and MRCC Novorossik. The rescue authorities dispatched a tug to search the area. The body of the officer was located after about 45 minutes and brought aboard the tugboat. Medical attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful. The Turkish company Ince Denizcilik, which manages the bulker, issued a statement expressing their condolences to the family. The circumstances leading up to the accident were unclear, versus the Turkish sailor who died in China when the first officer of the 'Mathilde Oldendorff' was denied access to the dock due to COVID restrictions.

The chief officer of the 'Ince Ege' fell into water from a pilot ladder while trying to read draft marks at Taman por in the early morning of Feb 4, 2022. He was recovered 45 minutes later, but neither crew nor a port paramedic, who was transported to the scene by tug, were able to resuscitate him, and he was pronunced dead from hypothermia.