K-Hak Vessel Reviews and Specifications

On Dec 19, 2025, the cargo m/v 'Lady Hayat' (IMO: 9075450) was in collision with the 'K Hak' in the Sulina Canal. The 'K Hak' ran head-on into the starboard side of the 'Lady Hayat', creating a large hole and causing structural damage. Following the accident, the 'Lady Hayat' was safely escorted through the Bosphorus to the Tuzla Shipyards area on Dec 25, accompanied by tugs of the General Directorate of Coastal Safety. The ship was to be repaired at a shipyard in Tuzla. The 'K Hak', which had suffered significant bow samage, left Burgas on Dec 23, enroute to Yalova with an ETA as of Dec 24. Reports with photos: https://www.medyayazar.com/romanyada-kazaya-karisan-turk-gemisi-istanbul-bogazindan-gecti https://www.itibarhaber.com/romanya-daki-carpismanin-ardindan-turk-gemisi-lady-hayat-istanbul-bogazi-ndan-tuzla-ya-ulasti-90699

On Apr 20, 2013, at 8.30 a.m. a NSRI Port Elizabeth duty crew were called out to rendezvous with the "Patriot SW" which was sailing from Cameroon to Singapore,with Cape Town as last port of call after a Burmese crewman onboard was found to be unconscious and running a fever. Accompanied by a Gaurdmed paramedic the sea rescue boat "Spirit of Toft" rendezvoused with the ship in the shipping lanes, and the patient was found to be in a critical condition suspected at first to be suffering from Yellow Fever. The 43 year old man from Myanmar was transferred onto the sea rescue boat and brought to Port Elizabeth. He has been transported to hospital by Gaurdmed ambulance where he is being treated for Malaria, not Yellow Fever as at first suspectedm and he remained in a critical condition.