Stellar Daisy VDR recovered – Splash247

The voyage information recorder (VDR) of the sunken Stellar Daisy very massive ore service has been situated and recovered from deep down on the ocean flooring of the south Atlantic. Relieved relations of the bereaved in each South Korea and the Philippines have reacted to the information launched right now by Korea’s Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, expressing hope that the profitable operation will now guarantee justice is served in what has develop into of essentially the most excessive profile and lethal bulker accidents seen this century.

Twenty-two of the 24 crew onboard the 1993-built transformed ore service perished on March 31, 2017 when the Polaris Delivery ship sank whereas on contract to Brazilian miner Vale.

Ocean Infinity, a US-based seabed survey firm, located the wreck of the misplaced South Korean bulker, Stellar Daisy, at a depth of three,461 m within the South Atlantic, roughly 1,800 nautical miles due west of Cape City.

The American firm had deployed the subsea development vessel Seabed Constructor over the previous week to seek out the vessel. 4 autonomous underwater automobiles (AUVs) had been deployed, which, over 72 search hours, explored roughly 1,300 sq m of seabed.

Twenty-three months after the ship sank, the flag of the Stellar Daisy, the Marshall Islands, has but to publish its findings into the catastrophe.

A court docket in South Korea has stated it should assessment the case as soon as the info from VDR has been retrieved. The bid to seek out the Stellar Daisy got here after large strain on the Korean authorities to mount the search operation, regardless of reluctance from the ship’s proprietor, Polaris. One ex-Polaris worker has been arrested to date in connection to the sinking.