Philippine-operated container vessel
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History
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Name
| ACX Crystal
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Owner
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- Olympic Steamship Co SA, Panama
- Sinbanali Shipping Inc, Philippines (
disponent owner
)
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Port of registry
| Manila
, Philippines
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Builder
| STX Offshore & Shipbuilding
,
Changwon
, South Korea
|
Yard number
| 1240
|
Launched
| 20 June 2008
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In service
| August 2008
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Identification
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Status
| In service
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General characteristics
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Type
| Container ship
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Tonnage
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Length
| 222.6 m (730 ft)
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Beam
| 30.1 m (99 ft)
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Draught
| 12 m (39 ft)
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Installed power
| MAN-B&W 8K80MC-C, 28,880 kW (38,730 hp)
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Speed
|
- 25.3 knots (46.9 km/h; 29.1 mph) (maximum)
- 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) (service)
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Capacity
| 2,858
TEU
|
Crew
| 20
[2]
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ACX Crystal
is a
container ship
built in South Korea in 2008. In June, 2017, the ship was
damaged in a collision
with
USS
Fitzgerald
south of Yokosuka, Japan.
Description
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edit
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ACX Crystal
is a
container ship
built in 2008 by
STX Offshore & Shipbuilding
at their
Jinhae
shipyard in
Changwon
, South Korea.
[3]
The ship is 222.6 metres (730 ft)
long overall
, has a
beam
of 30.1 metres (99 ft) and fully laden draws 12 metres (39 ft) of water. She has a container capacity of 2,858
twenty-foot equivalent units
(TEU),
[3]
gross tonnage
of 29,060,
net tonnage
of 14,422 and
deadweight tonnage
of 39,565 tons.
[4]
Her main engine, manufactured by STX, is an
8-cylinder
MAN B&W
8K80MC-C low-speed
diesel engine
with a
maximum continuous rating
of 28,880 kW (38,730 hp), giving
ACX Crystal
a maximum speed of 25.3
knots
(46.9 km/h; 29.1 mph) and a service speed of 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph).
[3]
The ship is
classified
by the Japanese
classification society
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai
(ClassNK) and insured with the Japanese Shipowners
P&I
Association.
[1]
Ownership and deployment
[
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ACX Crystal
has been owned by Olympic Steamship Co SA, Panama (a subsidiary of Japanese shipowner Sunford Shipping Ltd) and managed by Sea Quest Ship Management Inc of
Bacoor
, Cavite, Philippines since 2008.
[1]
[3]
The ship has been
bareboat-chartered
to Sinbanali Shipping Inc of
Manila
since 2014,
[3]
but is reported by NYK Line on June 17 as being actually owned by Dainichi-Invest Corporation, a Japanese ship investment firm.
[5]
ACX Crystal
is a mid-size container ship employed by ACX ('Asia Container Express'), the intra-Asia container shipping trade subsidiary of
NYK Line
, the global shipping and freight logistics division of the Japanese conglomerate
Mitsubishi
.
[
citation needed
]
In June 2017,
ACX Crystal
was employed by NYK on its 'PX1' (Phoenix 1) intra-Asia trade line linking Japan, Vietnam and Thailand ports. As is common in the container shipping industry, the ship's cargo capacity is shared by NYK with other lines, such as
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
,
K Line
and other lines.
As NYK, MOL and "K" Lines shipping are creating new joint venture company under new brand name of Ocean Network Express (ONE), now ACX Crystal serve as the ONE fleet under PID service which have direct port rotation of Singapore-Port Kelang (North)-Subic Bay-Manila-Singapore-Surabaya-Singapore
2017 collision
[
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]
At 01.30 local time on 17 June 2017 (17.30 UTC 16 June),
ACX Crystal
, carrying 1,080 containers from
Nagoya
to
Tokyo
, reported that it had collided with
USS
Fitzgerald
near Shizuoka, Japan, about 56
nautical miles
(104 kilometres; 64 miles) south of the
Yokosuka
Japanese and US naval base at the entrance of
Tokyo Bay
.
[7]
[8]
The merchant ship's port bow and
bulbous bow
suffered minor damage.
Fitzgerald
suffered severe damage to both her starboard side superstructure and her starboard side below the waterline.
Fitzgerald
'
s commanding officer and two sailors were injured and evacuated by helicopter, and seven Navy sailors were found dead in the damaged, flooded starboard compartments.
[9]
NYK stated that none of the 20 crew members aboard the container ship, all Filipino, were injured, and that the ship was not leaking oil. They also confirmed their full co-operation with Japan Coast Guard's investigation of the incident, which began the same day.
[2]
[7]
On 17 August 2017,
Vice Chief of Naval Operations
Admiral William Moran
stated that "serious mistakes" were made by the
Fitzgerald'
s "bridge team" (those conducting safety watch on board the ship's bridge) which caused them to lose "situational awareness," thus rendering it impossible to avoid the collision even after the
ACX Crystal
was sighted.
[10]
By 18 September 2017, six senior officials in the US Navy had been removed from duty in connection with the
Fitzgerald
collision and the 23 August 2017 collision of its sister ship, the
USS
John S. McCain
with the
oil tanker
MV
Alnic MC
.
[11]
[12]
References
[
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]
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a
b
c
"
ACX Crystal
(9360611)"
.
Equasis
.
Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy
. Retrieved
2017-06-17
.
- ^
a
b
Johnson, Jesse (17 June 2017).
"Seven sailors missing, three injured after U.S. Navy destroyer and cargo vessel collide off Kanagawa"
.
The Japan Times
. Retrieved
17 June
2017
.
- ^
a
b
c
d
e
"
ACX Crystal
(9360611)"
.
Sea-web
.
S&P Global
. Retrieved
2017-06-17
.
- ^
"
ACX Crystal
(083850)"
.
Register of Ships
.
Nippon Kaiji Kyokai
. Retrieved
2017-06-23
.
- ^
Hand, Marcus (17 June 2017).
"Updated: Seven missing from US warship after collision with NYK containership"
.
Seatrade Maritime News
. Retrieved
17 June
2017
.
- ^
a
b
McCurry, Justin; Hurst, Daniel (17 June 2017).
"Seven missing after USS Fitzgerald collides with merchant ship off Japan"
.
The Guardian
. London
. Retrieved
17 June
2017
.
- ^
"Japan investigates delay in reporting US Navy ship collision"
.
ABC News
. Retrieved
2017-06-24
.
- ^
Motoko Rich (June 16, 2017),
"U.S. Destroyer Fitzgerald Is Damaged in Collision Off Japan"
,
The New York Times
- ^
Burns, Robert (17 August 2017).
"Senior officer on USS Fitzgerald to be relieved of command after fatal collision"
.
Chicago Tribune
. Retrieved
17 August
2017
.
- ^
Anna Giaritelli (18 September 2017).
"Navy removes two senior officials in USS Fitzgerald, USS John S. McCain probes"
. The Washington Examiner
. Retrieved
19 September
2017
.
- ^
Sam LaGrone (18 September 2017).
"Admiral, Captain Removed in Ongoing Investigations into USS John S. McCain, USS Fitzgerald Collisions; Head of Surface Forces Puts in Early Retirement Request"
. US Naval Institute News
. Retrieved
19 September
2017
.
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