Maritime Lawyer News: Coast Guard Calls Off Search for Missing Crew

Maritime Lawyer News: On Monday, another huge maritime accident hit the water. The SINCERITY ACE car carrier (a 650-foot car carrier with 21 crew members and 350 Nissan vehicles in transit), a vessel sailing under the Panama flag and owned by Shoei Kisen Kaisha, caught fire in its trip from Japan to Hawaii while reportedly off the coast of Japan. The SINCERITY ACE was built in 2009 and equipped to carry 6,400 vehicles. The maritime incident was tragic, listing four crew members as unresponsive when found and another crew member still missing, yet the U.S. Coast Guard has recently reportedly suspended its search. Reportedly the five crewmembers fell into the 17 foot waves while attempting to deploy a life boat. The #RORO vessel Sincerity Ace at location 34.72061° / 139.9391° has issued an abandon ship order to the crew. Multiple Vessels enroute to assist and significant fire. #Japan #RORO #SincerityAce #AbandonShip #BREAKING #BreakingNews #Alert #URGENT #Mayday…

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