What Crew Members Say About Mars-J

The "Yangtze Oasis" suffered an engine breakdown at the height of the Cies islands in the night of Feb 28, 2019, and requested assistance of Salvamento Marítimo. The ship was enroute from Carrara to Bilbao. The tug "María Pita"was deployed by the center of Sasemar in Vigo to the freighter to tow it to the port. On March 1 at 1.15 a.m. it was safely berthed at the Kaleido dock in Vigo. In the morning hours the Maritime Captaincy carried out an inspection on board the ship to verify its seaworthiness. The bulkcarrier sailed again on March 1 at 8.50 p.m. and headed to Bilbao, where it berthed at the Prince of Asturias Dock (South) on March 3 at 8.25 p.m. Spanish report with photo: https://www.farodevigo.es/gran-vigo/2019/03/01/mercante-180-metros-atraca-emergencia/2060897.html

The International Transport Workers Federation is investigating how a junior officer died on board a cargo ship, just before it arrived in the Port of Newcastle. A Marshall Islands 'flag of convenience' bulk carrier called the Yangtze Oasis arrived on Friday. The union's national co-ordinator Dean Summers said the young man's death is being investigated by the New South Wales Coroner. "We're trying to find information," he said. "One of the problems about a flag of convenience vessel is that it's able to hide behind a very heavy shroud of secrecy. "So we can't find and we can't engage the owners, we can't engage the operators. "All our information is being blocked and it's just so frustrating. "We seek to find out exactly what happened on board this vessel." Mr Summers said NSW Water Police have been on board the Yangtze Oasis, and asked a forensics team to investigate. "We've realised a huge spike in deaths of seafarers on ships, and it's all put down to suicides," he said. "This case has gone off to the NSW Coroner, and we're watching that very carefully. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-04/chinese-junior-officer-dies-on-board-cargo-ship-on-way-to-newcas/6911246