Three our bodies have been recovered close to the wreckage of the sunken Thorco Cloud nearly two weeks after the freighter sank within the Singapore Strait.

Copenhagen-based Thorco Shipping says it was knowledgeable by native search and rescue officers that over Christmas groups recovered three our bodies, together with one which has been confirmed as one of many six lacking crew members of the Thorco Cloud.

The 10,385 dwt Antigua and Barbuda-flagged freighter sank after colliding with a chemical tanker within the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme within the Singapore Strait on the night time of December sixteenth. The tanker, Stolt Commitment, sustained solely minor injury to it bow, however the Thorco Cloud sank with the lack of six crew members. Six others had been rescued from the water following the incident.

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Thorco Shipping says solely one of many our bodies has been confirmed as one of many six lacking crew members, and DNA testing is used to establish the 2 different recovered our bodies.

“The search for the remaining missing crew members continues unabated, as well as the authorities’ investigation,” the assertion from Thorco learn.

The collision occurred in Indonesian waters roughly 6 nautical miles (11 km) north-west of Batam.

The 37,438 dwt tanker is owned by Stolt Tankers, a part of Norwegian bulk liquid transportation and storage firm Stolt-Nielsen Ltd.