Ap-Astarea

Two Ukrainian sailors, Gennadiy Yatsenko, 60, and Kostiantyn Yermak, 31, died on board of the 'AP Astarea', which was moored at Chittagong Anchorage, on Sep 30, 2021 one after anotherhe sailors are who had arrived from Egypt on September 19. In the afternoon Yermak, who was the fitter of the vessel, was found dead in his cabin. Yatsenko, who was the second engineer of AP ASTAREA, started having breathing difficulties on catching sight of Yermak's dead body. The master of the vessel asked Tutul for a speedboat for taking Yatsenko to a hospital. He was medevaced to the Chittagong Medical College Hospital, where the duty doctors declared him dead. Neither of the two dead sailors nor the rest of the crew, had Covid-19 symptoms. It was suspected Yatsenko might have suffered a cardiac arrest after seeing his younger crew member dead. The main reason behind their death could be known after the autopsy on Oct 2. The international P&I (protection and indemnity) club of the vessel was asked to take the bodies to their home country after the autopsy. The bulk carrier had arrived at Chittagong Anchorage on Sep 19 with a cargo of urea, from Sokhna, which originated from Belarus. After offloading 35,000 tons at Chittagong Anchorage, the bulk carrier was to sail to Mongla, to offload the remaining 20,000 tons.