One of the globe’s biggest mass providers as well as a sis vessel to the unfortunate Stellar Daisy is adrift off the coastline of Brazil after a fire knocked senseless power to the vessel greater than 4 days earlier.

The 1994-built Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC) Stellar Samba has actually been handicapped considering that May 26 after a fire in its engine space. Crew participants had the ability to snuff out the fire as well as no injuries were reported, yet the vessel stays without propulsion as well as adrift some 100 miles off São Lu ís, Brazil.

Stellar Samba’s supervisor, South Korea’s Polaris Shipping, has actually supposedly sent out a pull to standby as teams remain to deal with bring back power to the vessel. The pull was anticipated to get here on scene May 30 as well as might tow the vessel to port if required.

A Brazilian navy ship has actually likewise been sent out to the scene.

AIS ship monitoring information reveals the Stellar Samba remains in ballast as well as cruising from China to Ponta de Madeira in Brazil.

Stellar Samba becomes part of Polaris Shipping’s fleet of previous unrefined vessels that were transformed to supposed Very Large Ore Carriers, or VLOCs, in the mid to late 2000s.

Stellar Samba’s sis vessel, Stellar Daisy went missing out on in the South Atlantic in March 2017 throughout a trip from Brazil to China with 260,000 statistics lots of iron ore. The sinking declared the lives of 22 team participants, leaving just 2 survivors.

Following the loss, Polaris Shipping had each of its modified VLOCs undertake a architectural examination which disclosed fractures in the hulls of 2 sis vessels.

The source of the Stellar Daisy sinking has actually not yet been formally established.