P&I clubs warn of bauxite liquefaction risk

摘要

Protection and indemnity (P&I) clubs have issued warnings of the liquefaction risks of bauxite cargoes, following the sinking of Gearbulk's Supramax bulker Bulk Jupiter on New Year's Day. The ship was carrying more than 46,000 tonnes of bauxite from Kuantan, Malaysia, when it sank off Vung Tau, Vietnam, leaving all but one of its 19 crew members either dead or missing. Liquefaction results in cargo shifting and this causes the loss of ship stability, a major cause of marine casualties.