Mitsui O.S.K. Starts Probe of Ship Split in Two in Indian Ocean
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Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd., the world’s largest merchant ship operator, started an investigation with the builder of a container ship that broke into two parts after its hull cracked amid a storm in the Indian Ocean.
The Tokyo-based shipping line is working with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to find out what caused the MOL Comfort’s hull to crack during “inclement weather” at about 7 a.m. local time on June 17, the company said on its website today. Mitsui O.S.K. sent a patrol boat to prepare for tugboats to tow the container ship, which has split into the front and back sections that are drifting in the middle of the Indian Ocean.