{"id":9074,"date":"2020-05-22T14:36:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-22T14:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loc-group.com\/?post_type=case-study&amp;p=9074"},"modified":"2020-05-22T14:36:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-22T14:36:19","slug":"pathara-marine-5-sank-off-bangkok-bay-thailand-september-2015","status":"publish","type":"case-study","link":"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/case-studies\/pathara-marine-5-sank-off-bangkok-bay-thailand-september-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"PATHARA MARINE 5: Sank off Bangkok Bay, Thailand &#8211; SEPTEMBER 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Project Summary<\/h1>\n<p>Laden inshore container vessel, \u201cPATHARA MARINE 5\u201d, sank in rough seas in Bangkok Bay, Thailand, on the 19<sup>th<\/sup> September 2015 with several of the crew missing. Its cargo of 88 containers were scattered on the nearby seabed. The vessel was subsequently located in 15m water depth and the local authorities instructed it, and the submerged containers, be removed. LOC were appointed by the vessel P&amp;I Club.<\/p>\n<h1>LOC\u2019s Scope of Work<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Monitor the recovery of the vessel and its cargo,<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/loc-group.com\/services\/loss-management\/claims-disputes-litigations\/marine-accident-investigation\/\">Investigate<\/a> the cause of the sinking.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Risks<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>Potential hazard to navigation,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>The Operations<\/h1>\n<p>Given the potential danger to navigation, the Thai authorities promptly appointed contractors, AZ Offshore, to both search for and recover the vessel and missing containers. The vessel was located in an upright condition and attempts were made at refloating by a combination of blow down into spaces on board, lifting with a crane and belly slung external buoyancy tanks.<\/p>\n<h1>Results<\/h1>\n<p>\u201cPATHARA MARINE 5\u201d was refloated on the 6<sup>th<\/sup> October 2015 and, once above the water surface, de-watered with portable pumps. During this latter operation, the missing crew members were found. Over a period of time most of the missing containers were located over a wide area and recovered from the seabed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":9078,"template":"","sector":[],"service":[],"company":[],"class_list":["post-9074","case-study","type-case-study","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.6 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PATHARA MARINE 5: Sank off Bangkok Bay, Thailand - SEPTEMBER 2015 - ABL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/abl-group.com\/abl\/case-studies\/pathara-marine-5-sank-off-bangkok-bay-thailand-september-2015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PATHARA MARINE 5: Sank off Bangkok Bay, Thailand - SEPTEMBER 2015\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Project Summary Laden inshore container vessel, \u201cPATHARA MARINE 5\u201d, sank in rough seas in Bangkok Bay, Thailand, on the 19th September 2015 with several of the crew missing. 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