Two Longshore Workers Suffocated Aboard Hong Kong-Flagged Bulk Carrier [Karachi, Pakistan – 09 May 2022]

Two Longshore Workers Suffocated Aboard Hong Kong-Flagged Bulk Carrier [Karachi, Pakistan – 09 May 2022]

Posted by on May 25, 2022 in Bulletins

Two Longshore Workers Suffocated Aboard Hong Kong-Flagged Bulk Carrier [Karachi, Pakistan – 09 May 2022]

News coming to Blueoceana Company from Pakistan, relates that two dockworkers (Mr. Aslam Samoo, 37 and Mr. Muhammad Habibullah, 35) were fatally suffocated while aboard M/V WEI-HE (See photos above & below) on the morning of 10 May 2022 while the vessel was berthed at the Port of Karachi.

Media accounts provided below posit that the workers had entered a hatch containing soybeans mistakenly and were subsequently overcome by what was likely an oxygen deficient atmosphere. It is well known that organic cargoes, such as soybeans, can readily deplete a space’s oxygen content to dangerous levels.

Links To Media Accounts:

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Above: M/V WEI-HE
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