Chinese fishermen caught a huge fish: Ghostship Kim Chi Ferry drifting in Ocean!

[democracy my butt]

https://tw.news.yahoo.com/東海驚見神秘-幽靈船-設備豪華卻空無-人-125830622.html

東海驚見神秘「幽靈船」 設備豪華卻空無一人

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張中宜
2018年12月19日 下午11:18

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大陸浙江漁船18日凌晨在東海海域作業時，突然發現1艘漂流在海上的遊輪，當時船員透過廣播喊話卻無人回應，便決定用燈光照射並登船查看，驚見船內設施不僅保存良好，而且相當豪華，但整艘遊輪卻空無一人，船員初步判斷，這是1艘往返於韓國釜山到日本福岡的遊輪。

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綜合陸媒報導，發現這艘無人遊輪的漁船船長表示，事發於昨(18)日上午凌晨4點多，當時這艘遊輪剛好擋到漁船的行進線路，但用喇叭廣播卻始終無人回應，他們便決定登船查看，結果發現船上空無一人，但船內設施卻保存良好，而且相當豪華，「駕駛艙跟飛機駕駛艙一樣」。

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漁船船長表示，根據遊輪上找到的名片，推測這應該是1艘韓國遊輪，而且是往返於韓國釜山到日本福岡的，目前他們已用繩索準備把遊輪拖回港口，預計約4、5天後就會抵達浙江沈家門漁港。


The East China Sea is amazed by the mysterious "ghost ship". The equipment is luxurious but empty.
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Zhang Zhongyi
December 19, 2018, 11:18 PM
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When the Zhejiang fishing boat was working in the East China Sea on the early morning of the 18th, it suddenly found a cruise ship drifting on the sea. At that time, the crew made a call through the radio but no one responded. They decided to use the light to illuminate and board the ship. It was shocked to see that the ship's facilities were not only well preserved. It is quite luxurious, but the entire cruise ship is empty. The crew initially judged that this is a cruise ship from Busan, South Korea to Fukuoka, Japan.


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According to the comprehensive media report, the captain of the fishing boat of the unmanned cruise ship said that the incident occurred at 4 am in the morning of yesterday (18). At that time, the cruise ship just blocked the fishing boat's route, but the speaker broadcast never responded. They decided to board the ship and found that there was no one on board, but the facilities on board were well preserved and quite luxurious. "The cockpit is the same as the cockpit of the aircraft."


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The captain of the fishing boat said that according to the business card found on the cruise ship, it is supposed that this should be a Korean cruise ship, and it is going to and from Busan, South Korea to Fukuoka, Japan. They are now using ropes to prepare to drag the cruise ship back to the port. It is expected that after about 4 or 5 days. It will arrive at the Shenjiamen Fishing Port in Zhejiang.

 

[ballsoffire]

POTC!!

 

[congo9]

Fishermen ho say liao.
Can sell the ship for some money.

 

[garlic]

The scrap metal sale alone will be millions for cruise ship... finders keepers in international waters, no?

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Fishermen ho say liao.
Can sell the ship for some money.

Full salvage rights. No need to be fisher men anymore

 

[taksinloong]

Kim Chi Ghostship Ferry? Is it the sunken Sewol?

 

[democracy my butt]

https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2018/24553/ghost-fast-ferry-drifting-east-china-sea/

• Category Accidents
• Ghost fast ferry drifting in ...

Ghost fast ferry drifting in East China sea UPDATE Identified

Posted in Accidents by Mikhail Voytenko on Dec. 19, 2018 at 06:25.




Dec 20 Update: Ghost drifting unmanned fast ferry identified as Passenger ro-ro ship KANZAM EXPRESS, IMO 9137375, GT 272, built 1994, present flag and owner unknown. The ship was in a lay-up, reportedly sold.

Dec 19:
Chinese trawler while fishing, in the morning Dec 18 spotted drifting unmanned, unlit ship, in East China sea, some 140 nm south of Jeju South Korea. The ship looks like fast shuttle ferry connecting Busan Korea with Fukuoka Japan, and most probably, was torn off moorings or anchor in stormy weather, and drifted to sea. Chinese fishermen took the ship on tow, to tow her to Chinese port. According to fishermen, ferry is in good condition, no damages except stb anchor. There wasn’t any data revealing ship’s identity.
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https://www.thestar.com.my/news/reg...nds-deserted-ferry-floating-in-middle-of-the/

Marie Celeste of the East China Sea? Empty Malaysian-owned ferry found drifting

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• Friday, 21 Dec 2018
  11:56 AM MYT
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• by alice yan
  
  

At first it seemed a mystery to rank alongside that of the Marie Celeste or other ghost ships. Earlier this month a Chinese fishing crew came across a completely deserted ferry floating in the East China Sea.
Wang Weiping, the skipper of the fishing boat that found the liner early on Thursday 300 nautical miles (around 555km) from land, said the ship’s exterior had some marks that suggested a collision but there were no signs of life.

“We got on the ship and yelled if there was anyone inside the ship, but nobody answered us,” Wang told the news portal Thepaper.cn.
But when the crew climbed on board the interior was in good condition, with well-maintained fittings and equipment.
Thai ferry disaster boat was not up to standard, investigators say
The crew contacted the Maritime Safety Administration in Zhejiang, the crew’s home province, in the hope of solving the mystery.
On Wednesday this week they finally got an answer – and luckily it appeared that there was a relatively benign explanation for what had happened.
Thepaper’s report said the authority had checked through “various channels” and concluded that the second-hand ship had been bought by a Malaysian shipping company from a firm in South Korea.

It had hired another firm to tow the ship to Malaysia, but the rope had snapped when the tugboat encountered heavy seas en route.
The name of the Malaysian firm that bought the ship was not included in the report, but the authorities in Zhejiang said they had been in contact with their counterparts in Korea about the incident.
Hong Kong marine official found to have ignored life jacket law in deadly 2012 Lamma ferry disaster walks free after jail sentence cut
Based on advertising materials in the ship, Wang said the liner had probably been used on the route between the Korean port of Busan and Fukuoka in Japan.
Wang and his crew are now towing the cruise ship to the nearest port of Zhoushan – a journey they are expected to complete in the next three or four days.
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The Marie Celeste of the East China Sea? Fishing crew finds deserted ferry floating in middle of the sea

• Abandoned vessel was discovered far from land – but there is probably a benign explanation for what happened

PUBLISHED : Thursday, 20 December, 2018, 4:12pm
UPDATED : Friday, 21 December, 2018, 9:29am

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At first it seemed a mystery to rank alongside that of the Marie Celeste or other ghost ships. Earlier this month a Chinese fishing crew came across a completely deserted ferry floating in the East China Sea.
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Wang Weiping, the skipper of the fishing boat that found the liner early on Thursday 300 nautical miles (555km) from land, said the ship’s exterior had some marks that suggested a collision but there were no signs of life.

“We got on the ship and yelled if there was anyone inside the ship, but nobody answered us,” Wang told the news portal Thepaper.cn.
Thai ferry disaster boat was not up to standard, investigators say

But when the crew climbed on board the interior was in good condition, with well-maintained fittings and equipment.

The crew contacted the Maritime Safety Administration in Zhejiang, the crew’s home province, in the hope of solving the mystery.

On Wednesday this week they finally got an answer – and luckily it appeared that there was a relatively benign explanation for what had happened.

The paper’s report said the authority had checked through “various channels” and concluded that the second-hand ship had been bought by a Malaysian shipping company from a firm in South Korea.

It had hired another firm to tow the ship to Malaysia, but the rope had snapped when the tugboat encountered heavy seas en route.
Marine official who ignored life jacket law in Lamma ferry disaster walks free

The name of the Malaysian firm that bought the ship was not included in the report, but the authorities in Zhejiang said they had been in contact with their counterparts in Korea about the incident.

Based on advertising materials in the ship, Wang said the liner had probably been used on the route between the Korean port of Busan and Fukuoka in Japan.

Wang and his crew are now towing the cruise ship to the nearest port of Zhoushan – a journey they are expected to complete in the next three or four days.