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Title: Hyundai Fortune - what ever was resolved??
Post by: Derell Licht on October 08, 2007, 06:29:34 PM
I haven't read anything else about her since the salvage work was finished.  What, if anything, was ever resolved regarding what actually was the cause of the original explosion(s)??  I understood that they pretty well concluded that stowed fireworks were likely *not* the cause, but beyond that I had only seen hypotheses and guesses.  Have they managed to look closer and come to any good conclusions??
Title: Re: Hyundai Fortune - what ever was resolved??
Post by: Jan Carl Nielsen on October 09, 2007, 04:18:44 PM
I think they will never publish a thing about it. Maybe Hyundai and the Politicians are very happy, when there are not so much discussions about piracy and terrorism at sea.
Probably it was a bomb or some hot explosives, I think it was. But I think as well that if it was only fireworks the salvors would have published much more stuff about their work. Probably they were kept quiet. I dont know.
I guess if it was really a bomb we will wait for informations till the day we die  :-?

No discussion - No interest/No focus.. Maybe she s already scrapped  :-D

regards
Jan Carl
Title: Re: Hyundai Fortune - what ever was resolved??
Post by: Peter S. aus N on October 09, 2007, 07:52:42 PM
the latest news I've heard:

"Reported sold to Clients of Goldenport on 9 June 2006 for US$ 30m."

from shipping intelligence network (clarkson)
xylad-Peter
Title: Re: Hyundai Fortune - what ever was resolved??
Post by: Richard Matterson on October 09, 2007, 08:41:54 PM
She was renamed Fortune in 2006 being sold to Kosmo Services Inc. of Panama.