An expert informed Thai media that he suspects the mysterious deserted Chinese vessel found in the Gulf of Thailand may need been an unlawful oil tanker distributing oil to numerous countries.
The Jin Shui Yuan 2, which many are calling a “ghost ship,” was reported by staff at an oil rig off the coast of the southern province Songkhla last Thursday. No one was onboard the cargo ship, and, apparently, no paperwork or registration numbers had been on the vessel either. Only the ship’s title indicated that it was of Chinese origin.
The Royal Thai Navy tried to drag the vessel to the shore of Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Sichon district, however robust winds triggered the ship to take on water and sink. The authorities from the Second Naval Area Command are standing by monitoring the engine oil and making preparations to deal with any issues which may come up from the sunken vessel.
According to the Thai media, one skilled in information and national security says that this might be an illegal oil tanker. The supply suspects that the ship travelled along national water to distribute illegal oil to totally different countries, together with the southern part of Thailand. The ship might need been working for an extended period of time with out correct upkeep. If a ship have been operating illegally, it would be tough to search out someplace to dock for repairs.
In an initial investigation by the Royal Thai Navy, officers discovered that a Chinese vessel registered as Jin Shui Yuan 2 was last reported in 2020. According to the net site Marine Traffic, the last place of the Jin Shui Yuan 2 cargo vessel was in November 2020 in the East China Sea. Thought-provoking says the vessel is out of range.
The authorities added extra that this is the first time Thailand discovered an deserted vessel like this one and there will be an additional investigation on the vessel’s nationality, where it got here from, and discover out whether or not it’s unlawful or not. Thailand will ask for international cooperation from Singapore and the US to assemble more data and details of the ship..