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{{DISPLAYTITLE:MS ''Bulk Jupiter''}}
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| Ship country=[[Bahamas]]
| Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Bahamas|civil}}
| Ship name = ''Bulk Jupiter''
| Ship owner = [[Gearbulk]]
| Ship operator = Gearbulk Norway
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| Ship builder = [[Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding|Mitsui Ichihara Engineering & Shipbuilding]]
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| Ship launched = 10 June 2006
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| Ship registry = {{flag|Bahamas|civil}}
| Ship out of service =  January 2, 2015
| Ship identification =*{{IMO Number|9339947}}
*{{MMSI Number|311060600}}
*Callsign: C6ZN6
| Ship fate = Sank off the coast of Vung Tau, [[Vietnam]]
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| Ship tonnage =*{{GT|31256}}
*{{DWT|56009}}<ref name=Stats>{{cite web|title=Bulk Jupiter Statistics|url=http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais/details/ships/shipid:373826/mmsi:311060600/imo:9339947/vessel:BULK_JUPITER|website=MarineTraffic|accessdate=4 January 2015}}</ref>
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| Ship length = {{convert|190|m|ft}}
| Ship beam = {{convert|32|m|ft}}
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| Ship draught = {{convert|12.575|m|ft}}
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| Ship speed = {{convert|15|kn|km/h}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Conventional Bulk Class|url=http://www.gearbulk.com/media/108128/GB_Fleet_ConventionalBulk.pdf|website=Gearbulk|accessdate=4 January 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105014933/http://www.gearbulk.com/media/108128/GB_Fleet_ConventionalBulk.pdf|archivedate=5 January 2015}}</ref>
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| Ship crew = 19 (16 lost, 2 dead, 1 survivor)
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'' '''Bulk Jupiter''' '' was a Bahamas registered cargo ship. She sank off the coast of Vietnam on 2 January 2015.<ref>{{cite news|agency=The Associated Press|title=Ship Sinks Off Vietnam, Only 1 of 19 Crew Rescued|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/world/asia/ship-sinks-off-vietnam-only-1-of-19-crew-rescued/|work=The Indian Express|date=January 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name=wrecklog>{{cite web|title=Bulk Jupiter|url=http://www.shipwrecklog.com/log/2015/01/bulk-jupiter/|website=Shipwreck Log|date=3 January 2015 |accessdate=4 January 2015}}</ref>

==History==

===Sinking===
On 2 January 2015, ''Bulk Jupiter'' sank off the coast of [[Vũng Tàu]], Vietnam. She departed from [[Kuantan]], Malaysia on 30 December 2014 with a crew of 19 Filipino sailors and a cargo of 46,400 tons of [[bauxite]]. 

The Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (Vietnam MRCC) and the [[Japanese Coast Guard]] received distress signals at 22:54 hours UTC on 1 January in position lat 9".01' 01:001N, long 109" 15' 26.01E from ''Bulk Jupiter'', but were unable to make contact with the vessel.<ref name=press>{{cite web|title=Statement "Bulk Jupiter" - 1120am 3 January 2015|url=http://www.gearbulk.com/news-media/news/2015/statement-bulk-jupiter-1120am-3-january-2015/|website=Gearbulk|publisher=Gearbulk|accessdate=4 January 2015}}</ref> 

Dispatched rescue vessels found one crew member, the ship's cook, who was rescued and was the only survivor. Later searches found two other bodies. The remaining 16 crew members are presumed dead. 

Early reports indicated that the likely cause of the sinking was sudden loss of stability ([[free surface effect]])
from the [[bauxite]] cargo.<ref name=wrecklog /><ref>{{cite web|title=Rescued chef of Bulk Jupiter refuses to offer more info, says 'tired'|url=http://tuoitrenews.vn/society/25152/rescued-chef-of-bulk-jupiter-refuses-to-offer-more-info-says-tired|website=Tuoitrenews|accessdate=4 January 2015}}</ref>

== Investigation and corrective action ==
[[International Maritime Organization | IMO]] has approved a circular to warn ships' masters about the [[liquefaction]] hazards of bauxite.<ref>{{cite web| title=IMO circular | url=https://docs.imo.org/Common/NewsItem.aspx?id=f1acac7f-f9e7-4a76-a3b5-894827e77b52 | publisher=www.imo.org | accessdate=19 September 2015|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

{{ quote| text=not to accept bauxite for carriage unless:
*the moisture limit for the specific cargo is certified as less than the indicative moisture limit of 10% and the particle size distribution as is detailed in the individual schedule for bauxite in the IMSBC Code; or
*the cargo is declared as Group A (cargoes that may liquefy) and the shipper declares the transportable moisture limit (TML) and moisture content; or 
*the cargo has been assessed as not presenting Group A properties.| author = IMO, Briefing: 3818/09/2015 }}

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[[Category:Maritime incidents in Vietnam]]
[[Category:Shipwrecks in the South China Sea]]


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