The "Mercosul Santos" was in collision with a tug pushing several barges from the Bertolini company on the Amazon River, near the municipality of Óbidos, west of Pará. The accident happened between the ports of Juruti and Obidios in the Para State, on Aug 2, 2017, at 4.30 a.m. There were 11 people on board of the pusher tug , nine crew members and two passengers. On board were Carlos Eduardo Bueno de Souza César Lemos da Silva Cleber Rodrigues Azevedo Dárcio Vânio Rego Dick Farney de Oliveira Euclinger da Silva Costa Ivan Furtado da Gama Juraci dos Santos Brito Wandel Ferreira de Lima. To date only two of whom were rescued, nine went missing. An SAR operation by the Brazilian navy, the fire department of Santarém , the Fluvial captaincy and divers was under way. The container ship anchored near the collision site with two half submerged barges stuck underneath the port side bow. It had been sailing river upstream to Manaus Port. Reports with photos and video: https://noamazonaseassim.com.br/video-registra-momentos-logo-apos-a-colisao-entre-navio-mercosul-santos-e-balsa-da-bertolini-no-rio-amazonas/ g1.globo.com/pa/s... https://noamazonaseassim.com.br/divulgada-a-lista-da-tripulacao-da-balsa-apos-batida-com-navio-no-rio-amazonas/ https://www.youtube.com/w... (1 min ago, by Timsen )
ACCIDENTS
03 August 2017 - 14:00
Update: 04 August 2017 - 10:30
Nine missing after collision on Amazonas
Nine missing after collision on Amazonas
ACCIDENTS
03 August 2017 - 14:00
Update: 04 August 2017 - 10:30
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