Tanker KELSEY 2 sank in the morning Oct 15, 25nm south of Wuqui island, Kinmen County, Taiwan, Taiwan Strait. Tanker was en route from Hong Kong to Gunsan Korea, ETA Oct 16. Of 20 crew on board, 1 died, 19 were rescued and survived.Tanker is said to be in load, carrying cargo of oil and chemicals totalling 7,500 tons (cargo information not confirmed)
According to preliminary investigation, tanker reported water ingress in aft section area, most probably in engine room.
According to track, tanker was already in trouble in the evening Oct 14, when she reduced speed and either took an opposite course or went adrift.
Oil/Chemical Tanker KELSEY 2 is currently located at SCHINA – East China Sea at position 24° 41′ 01.1″ N, 119° 07′ 50.9″ E as reported by MarineTraffic Terrestrial Automatic Identification System on 2022-10-15 02:22 UTC (1 day, 7 hours ago)
The vessel departed from HONG KONG, HK on 2022-10-12 10:15 LT (UTC +8) and is currently sailing at 2.6 knots with West direction heading to GUNSAN, KR with reported Estimated Time of Arrival at 2022-10-16 07:00 LT (UTC +8) local time (10 hours, 37 minutes ago)
KELSEY 2 (IMO: 9254214) is a Oil/Chemical Tanker that was built in 2002 (20 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Korea.
It’s carrying capacity is 8426 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 7.9 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 119.98 meters and her width is 17.2 meters.
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sources : Marine Traffic + Maritime Security
