The 42-year-old Turkish crew member, Ulaş Yuruk from Fatsa, on a Vanuatu-flagged general cargo vessel, ‘Akua’ (IMO 8826369), was reported to be dead after a fire raged. The fire that had broken out on the bridge was extinguished. The 13 crew members included Indians, Turkish, and also Azerbaijan nationals.
The AIS is off and could possibly be damaged or destroyed when the fire was raging on the bridge. Russian media has reported that a fire had broken out in the superstructure of a cargo vessel...