The anchor-handling tug Cudri capsized and sank in bad weather in the Bonny River estuary in Nigeria on 5 November 2013. The tug was monitoring an LNC carrier aground in the estuary at the time. The tug crew and some local officials on board were rescued unhurt, and the vessel was last reported as lying on its side partially submerged. Cudri (pictured) is the former Typhoon, well known to many in the deepsea towage and offshore industries. Built in 1976 for Wijsmuller, the 50m twin-screw anchor-handler was powered by Werkspoor diesels developing a total of 9,200bhp, for a bollard pull of 116 tonnes. The tug became Smitwijs Typhoon in 1999 and was sold to Jampur in Dubai 2012.
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