Reuters reported that the RDB Ocean of Joy a Hong Kong flagged dry bulk carrier ran aground in the Port of Rio de Janeiro recently.
According to information from marinetraffic.com, a world wide ship tracking service, the ship, a 92,500 DWT post Panamax sized vessel was sailing from the Port of Tubarao northeast of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil Espirito Santo state.
Post Panamax ships are too large to pass through the Panama Canal locks.
The Navy said it did not know what was aboard the vessel.
Tubarao, Brazil largest port by volume moved is owned and operated by Rio de Janeiro based Vale SA, the world second largest mining company. Tubarao is Brazil main iron ore port as well as major steel, grains, coal and bulk commodities port. Vale said the ship is not theirs.
Vale press office said it was not the owner either of the cargo or of the vessel. Tugs and support vessels have the situation under control.
(Sourced from Reuters)
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