The 'Celtic Gas' which had sailed from Trinidad & Tobago and discharged its cargo at Santos, was found to have some permanent failures and a power failures have been presented. The vessel sailed from Santos on May 12, 2018. Already enroute to Trinidad & Tobago for loading its cargo of LPG, it experienced problems with its auxiliary engines causing breakdown on two of its auxiliary engines. Due to the problems, there was a strong suspect of problems on bunker supplied on board, not clear from which place. As a consequence the shipOwners decided to stop at Sao Luis roads as a port of refuge since May 18, reducing all the consumption's from the vessel to the minimum, keeping just the essential communication and navigation equipment on. The shipowners have required some spare parts to solve noted problems with the auxiliary engines as well as to further check the main engine due to the suspect of bad fuel being burned. Considering the critical power condition of the vessel, on May 24 four tugs and pilot brought the vessel alongside in Itaqui, where it remained berthed since, with tugs on standby at its side, considering the lack of power to keep the mooring winches working until a power pack is supplied. A truck drivers strike around all Brazil, has increased the problems, several sectors were affected including aviation, as the truck drivers were not allowing any truck to proceed to their destination, causing lack of fuel at the airports, at the gas stations and for all Brazilian cities. For this same reason, the spare parts arrival at Sao Luis most probably was seriously affected. Authorities from the area were duly notified and following closely the ship?s situation.
WORLD SHIPPING
29 May 2018 - 20:00
Tanker stranded at Itaqui due to lack of spare parts
The 'Celtic Gas' which had sailed from Trinidad & Tobago and discharged its cargo at Santos, was found to have some permanent failures and a power failures have been presented
WORLD SHIPPING
29 May 2018 - 20:00
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