BLUE TUNE

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Engine failure in lock of Kiel Canal

Enroute from Gdynia to Setubal the "Blue Tune" suffered an engine failure after entering the New Southern Lock of the Kiel Canal in Brunsbüttel on Nov 17, 2018, at 11.15 a.m. As the crew was unable to get the engine running again, two tugs had to pull the vessel out of the lock around 1 p.m. It was anchored on Brunssbüttel roads on the Elbe in pos. 53° 52.53' N 009° 8.10' E for repairs. The vessel berthed in Cuxhaven on Nov 19 at 4.30 p.m.

Ship quarantined after death of cook

The "Blue Tune" reported to Greek authorities an outbreak of an unknown disease on board, while sailing in Gulf of Corinth with a cargo of bauxite, en route from Ravenna, where she had sailed on Feb 16, 2018, to San Nicolas. The master had alerted Greek authorities that its 40-year-Russian cook had died of unknown causes, raising concerns that he may have been infected with a contagious disease. Greek specialists excluded cargo as the possible cause of poisoning. There was a possibility of contagious disease. The ship was put under quarantine and was ordered to proceed to the Boeotia area in the Gulf of Corinth and wait for specialists team to board her. A preliminary coroner’s report on Feb 19 said that the death of the cook was due to heart problems and not a contagious disease. The experts from Greece’s Center for Disease Prevention and Control gave the other crewmen a clean bill of health. A state coroner is still expected to sign off on the preliminary postmortem examination.