Shipwreck ‘no threat’ to visitors, ecosystem
The Royal Thai Navy has insisted that the deserted ship, which sunk off the coast of Nakhon Si Thammarat as it was currently being towed to shore on Saturday, is not a hazard to maritime website traffic.
The navy explained the ship poses no threat to the natural environment, declaring the amount of money of oil leaking out of the wreckage was not considerable and is expected to dissipate in a several times.
The main of the Second Naval Spot, V Adm Sunthorn Khamklai, claimed the abandoned vessel, which was very first seen adrift around Chevron’s offshore oil rigs some 100 nautical miles (185 kilometres) off the Songkhla shoreline, is now totally underwater.
“Buoys have been placed in the area to alert local targeted visitors of the wreckage,” he stated.
As for the oil leaking out of the ship, V Adm Sunthorn explained a study by the Maritime Office established that it will apparent up on their have without triggering any hurt to the community surroundings.
The deserted ship is considered to be the Fin Shui Yuan 2, a 56-metre Chinese cargo ship that was past seen in the nationwide ship computerized identification procedure (AIS) in 2020.
No crew or cargo were observed on board, and all paperwork which may perhaps get rid of gentle on the ship’s origins had been also lacking.
The damaged ship was sunk by tough seas about 28 nautical miles off the coastline of Nakhon Si Thammarat when getting towed to shore on Saturday evening for even further inspection.
The Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Centre (Thai-MECC) mentioned on Monday the navy was checking oil leaks from the ship and planned to launch a clean-up if the leak proves to be even worse than initially assumed.
Thai-MECC reported the navy and the Maritime Section are discussing the chance of salvaging the ship’s wreckage to aid their investigation on the vessel’s origin.
