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On 11 March 2002, due to a storm the Turkish cargo vessel Camadan began to take water off the island of Malta. The following day, towing attempts were carried out without success. The crew was rescued by helicopter and the vessel sank with its cargo of phosphate fertilizer.
Sources:
- IMO/UNEP/MAP/REMPEC, 2004, List of alerts and accidents in the Mediterranean
- The Baltic Maritime Job Exchange
- www.cargolaw.com
Name: Camadan
Date: 12 March 2002
Location: Malta
Accident area: 14 nautical miles south west of Malta
Cause of spill: damage to ship
Type of pollutant: phosphate fertilizer
Ship type: general cargo vessel
Date built: 1982
Length: 93.7 m
Flag: Turkish
Owner: Coskun Deniz, Turkey
Charterer: Fupet Petrol Urunleri Pazarlama Ticaret ve Sanayi AS, Turkey
Last update: September 2009
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