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Floating dock sank under tow of Irbis

Towed by the "Irbis" the Floating Dock No.9 sank during towage in the South China sea in position 20 55,65N 116 33,03E, 116 miles east-north-east from Hong Kong, on Nov 30, 2015, at 6.10 p.m. The sinking was caused by a water ingress into dock. The dock developed a starboard list, capsized and foundered on 300 meters depth, with no fuel and supplies on board, so there was no risk of pollution. It was unmanned and sealed underway from Sovetskaya Gavan to Batam. Owner of the dock was the A&C TRADING NETWORK PTE LTD, Singapore.

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The “Irbis” on Jan 9, 2011, led to open water in the Okhotsk Sea the Russian tug "Konstantin Bondarenko”, 236 dwt (IMO: 8509935). On Jan 6 it was disabled by a steel cable in its propeller. The “Irbis” was leading it to the port of Korsakov in the south of Sakhalin, where the ships were expected to arrive in the night. The "Konstantin Bondarenko" found itself in distress when towing the crew-less vessel "Progress" to Magadan. Strong wind and storm broke the tow line connecting the two vessels, and the and "Progress" was carried away from the tow. The location of the straggling vessel was unknown.