Marine Safety Investigation Report - Preliminary Loss of containers from Pacific Adventurer off Cape Moreton, Queensland, 11 March 2009

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April 14, 2009

the Hong Kong registered container ship Pacific Adventurer lost 31 containers overboard in gale force weather conditions and large swells. The ship was about seven miles east of Cape Moreton, Queensland. All the containers, carrying ammonium nitrate prills, sank. However, two of the ships fuel oil bunker tanks were holed as the containers went overboard. In all, Pacific Adventurer lost about 270 tonnes of fuel oil into the sea as a result of the damage caused to the bunker tanks.

The ATSB investigation is continuing.

Source : atsb

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