Guamblin

At the Port of Coquimbo, Chile.

IMO N?: 6419344

Ex Names: Taiyo Maru 82, Banshu Maru N? 2
Ship: Trawler Factory Ship
Call Sign: CBGM
Flag: Chile.
Port of Register: Valparaiso.
Ship?s Owners and Managers: Pesquero San Ambrosio & Inversiones of Coquimbo, Chile

DWT: 2.649,00 GRT: 2.406,00
Ship?s Yard: Hayashikane Shipbuilding & Engineering Shimonoseki, Japan Built on: 1964
The Factory Ship Guamblin commenced to flood through waterways, being unsuccesfull the works made by the Navy personnel to remove the ship from the Coquimbo Bay.
The day 4th of August of 2015, this ship was sunk, when new attempts to tow the ship away from the bay.
The ship was laid up in condition of unseaworthiness absolute since 1991, being anchored in the Bay from the year 2014, at great risk of subsidence, which finally materialized.

It must be noted, that the Navy identified the flood of "Guamblin", which was notified to the owner, in order to be adopted by this pertinent security measures.