Difficult to understand crew list

On the morning of April 25, the leader of the Maritime Port Authority of Quang Ngai province said that functional units had just found one more body near the location of the sunken barge. To date, 4 bodies in the sinking of a barge carrying rocks on the morning of April 24 in the Ly Son sea area have been found.

“3 bodies have been confirmed by family members, 1 body has not been identified. The deaths do not match the list of registered crew members. The unit that owns the tugboat and barge has not been able to accurately determine how many people died. Many crew members when the barge was in trouble made searching very difficult” – a representative of the Quang Ngai Maritime Port Authority informed.

The crew members confirmed dead include: Mr. Le Van Song, Dang Van Nhung, Dang Van Uoc – both living in Long Huu Dong commune, Can Duoc district, Long An province.

Compared to the initial registration declaration of the chartering unit with Ky Ha port authorities, the crew members who died did not match the declared names.

Working with relevant units, Mr. Nguyen Minh Tuan, representative of Minh Linh Company Limited – owner of the sunken tugboat and barge, said that the contract only hired Mr. Pham Van Hiep as captain. As for Mr. Hiep calling two more people to go on the ship, the company does not know because the captain may have called himself and the company does not know whether these people actually went or not.

“We only heard of 5 people on the ship, but we don’t know exactly how many,” Mr. Tuan said.

According to Ms. Pham Thi Minh Ly, Director of Ly Tuan Co., Ltd. – the unit that charters ships and barges for transportation, the contract agreement between her company and the ship owner shows that the ship owner reported that there were 3 people on the ship and barge. . According to regulations, there must be 5 people to operate a barge, including captain, chief engineer, sailors… Therefore, the company hired 2 more people, Mr. Bui Minh Tri (sailor) and Vo Van Nhieu (sailor) mechanics) to operate barges and tugboats.

“Our company hired Mr. Nhieu and Mr. Tri to work and directly pay wages per trip. As for why there is a difference in crew, the company does not know” – Ms. Ly said and said that the barge encountered The incident was the 5th shipment of crushed stone from Ky Ha port to Ly Son island.

Present at the forward command post after the incident, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Xuan Sang requested units to coordinate with local authorities to create favorable conditions and provide maximum support in terms of means to transport boats. The ill-fated member returned to his hometown for burial. At the same time, continue searching for crew members suspected of being missing.

“Relevant agencies are investigating and investigating why there was a change in the crew list on the ship” – the deputy minister emphasized.

Before that, as Newspaper Laborer According to information, at 4 a.m. on April 24, tugboat LA-06695 towed barge LA-06883 with 5 crew members carrying stone from Ky Ha – Quang Nam to Ly Son – Quang Ngai. When reaching the area about 3 nautical miles northwest of Ly Son island, an incident occurred causing the barge to sink. Authorities recovered the bodies of four crew members at the ship’s accident site.