{"id":5641,"date":"2022-05-25T12:02:44","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T17:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blueoceana.com\/?p=5641"},"modified":"2022-05-26T06:15:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T11:15:01","slug":"two-longshore-workers-suffocated-aboard-hong-kong-flagged-bulk-carrier-karachi-pakistan-09-may-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/?p=5641","title":{"rendered":"Two Longshore Workers Suffocated Aboard Hong Kong-Flagged Bulk Carrier  [Karachi, Pakistan &#8211; 09 May 2022]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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 <strong>M\/V WEI-HE<\/strong> (<strong><em>See<\/em><\/strong> photos above &amp; below) on the morning of 10 May 2022 while the vessel was berthed at the Port of Karachi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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&#8217;s oxygen content to dangerous levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Links To Media Accounts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Two-labourers-die-of-suffocation-on-ship-carrying-soya-bean-at-KPT.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of Two-labourers-die-of-suffocation-on-ship-carrying-soya-bean-at-KPT..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-fbecab2c-67d7-44d4-b90b-52bea8fa9cf2\" href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Two-labourers-die-of-suffocation-on-ship-carrying-soya-bean-at-KPT.pdf\">Two-labourers-die-of-suffocation-on-ship-carrying-soya-bean-at-KPT<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Two-labourers-die-of-suffocation-on-ship-carrying-soya-bean-at-KPT.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-fbecab2c-67d7-44d4-b90b-52bea8fa9cf2\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Two-port-workers-die-after-falling-into-ships-hatch-Pakistan-DAWN-1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of Two-port-workers-die-after-falling-into-ships-hatch-Pakistan-DAWN-1..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-19444478-7f05-455d-b4c4-710239dc6f73\" href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Two-port-workers-die-after-falling-into-ships-hatch-Pakistan-DAWN-1.pdf\">Two-port-workers-die-after-falling-into-ships-hatch-Pakistan-DAWN-1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Two-port-workers-die-after-falling-into-ships-hatch-Pakistan-DAWN-1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-19444478-7f05-455d-b4c4-710239dc6f73\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/wei-he_9601091_1331427_Medium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/wei-he_9601091_1331427_Medium-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/wei-he_9601091_1331427_Medium-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/wei-he_9601091_1331427_Medium-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/wei-he_9601091_1331427_Medium-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/wei-he_9601091_1331427_Medium-140x94.jpg 140w, https:\/\/blueoceana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/wei-he_9601091_1331427_Medium.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><em>Above:<\/em><\/strong>  M\/V WEI-HE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Longshoremen Aslam Samoo &#038; 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