Liquefaction Incidents of Mineral Cargoes on Board Bulk Carriers

Table 1

Major incidents investigated during this study along with the main vessel and incident details [23, 25–30].

Case study #	Vessel name	IMO number	Date of incident	Casualties/# crew	Vessel lost	Disembarked	Cargo	Cargo (tonnes)
1	Padang Hawk	9109354	26 July 1999	0/20	No	Kouaoua, New Caledonia	Nickel ore	N/A
2	Hui Long	9037032	20 May 2005	0/23	Yes	Sungai Pakning, Indonesia	Fluorspar	5,185
3	Jian Fu Star	8106379	27 Oct 2010	13/25	Yes	Obi Island, Indonesia	Nickel ore	43,000
4	Nasco Diamond	9467861	09 Nov 2010	22/25	Yes	Kolonodale, Indonesia	Nickel ore	55,150
5	Hong Wei	9230139	3 Dec 2010	10/24	Yes	Kolonodale, Indonesia	Nickel ore	40,000
6	Trans Summer	9615468	14 Aug 2013	0/21	Yes	Subaim, Indonesia	Nickel ore	54,067
7	Bulk Jupiter	9339947	02 Jan 2015	18/19	Yes	Kuantan, Malaysia	Bauxite	46,400

The IMO number is a distinctive reference number of a vessel [31].