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2 Workers Die on Board Greek Ship in Bangladesh
NGO Shipbreaking Platform said that accident at the shipbreaking
beach of Chattogram, Bangladesh killed two and severely injured
thirteen. The accident occurred in the afternoon of Saturday 31
August at Ziri Subedar shipbreaking yard.
During scrapping operations on the ship CSL VIRGINIA a heavy
cable collapsed, hitting several workers at once. Aminul Islam,
35 years old, and Tushar Chakma, 27 years old, lost their lives.
Thirteen workers suffered severe injuries and were taken to
Chattogram Medical College Hospital for treatment. Following the
accident, local authorities ordered the temporary closure of the
yard. Investigations are ongoing.
The container ship CSL VIRGINIA was beached in Bangladesh in
February 2019. According to shipping media, it was owned and
managed by Andreas Hadjiyiannis' Greek company Cyprus Sea Lines.
The vessel was hit by a Tunisian ferry when it was anchored off
Corsica in October 2018. The collision breached the CSL
VIRGINIA's fuel tanks causing a significant oil spill that
affected especially the French Mediterranean coast and required a
vast clean-up operation.
Before setting sail for the Chattogram beach, the vessel was
allowed to leave French territorial waters, escorted by the
French coast guard, upon claims that it would be repaired in
Constan?a, Romania.
Instead, it spent a few weeks in a Turkish shipyard - there it
was renamed VIRGIN STAR and changed registry from the flag of
Cyprus to the flag of Liberia. It passed the Suez Canal on 25
December 2018, just days before the entry-into-force of the EU
Ship Recycling Regulation.
Sep 3, 2019
