The 'Sheng Ming', loaded with iron ore, was troubled off Cape Town, where she was towed by a tug after her engine room got flooded
The 'Sheng Ming', loaded with iron ore, was troubled off Cape Town, where she was towed by a tug after her engine room got flooded. The ship had loaded her cargo at Pepel Transshipment Area Sierra Leone and sailed from Pepel on March 30, 2018, bound for Port Elizabeth, ETA Apr 17. She was disabled on Apr 12 off the Namibian coast. On Apr 14 she was taken in tow to Cape Town. On Apr 24 when being some 40 nm north of Cape Town, the towage stopped. On Apr 27 at 2 .m. two tugs attended the distressed bulk carrier, the 'SA Amandla' and 'Maersk Tender'. Probably the condition of the vessel had deteriorated, and it was not allowed to be taken to Cape Town or its’ anchorage.