Fu Shan Hai and Gdynia collided on 31 May 2003 approx. 3 nautical miles NNW of Hammer Odde on Bornholm. Fu Shan Hai got a comprehensive leakage in port side of the ship at the collision.

After the collision, Fu Shan Hai stayed afloat but the bow kept sinking as the hours went by. After the collision the master realised that the ship was in danger of sinking and he transmitted a MAYDAY distress signal. At approx. 1330 hours, the crew had abandoned the ship in two life boats wherefrom they were picked up by ships that had arrived after the collision and they were sailed to Bornholm. The master, the chief officer and an engineer were transferred to a vessel where they could assist at the subsequent work.

At 2049 hours the same evening Fu Shan Hai sank. The Chinese Bulk Carrier Fa Shan Hai now rest at 68 meters dept just 3 NM from the danish island Bornholm.

[Source:The Danish Maritime Autority]

Fu Shan Hai is going down Fu Shan Hai sank with a harmless cargo of fertliser. However the ships own 1680 tons of oil (heavy fuel oil) created a hazard for the environment/sea. In the months following the sinking, around 1460 tons of oil was removed.

After the clean up operation was completed the Danish Maritime Autority banned diving on the wreck.

Press Releases

• (Danish) Pressemeddelelse - 11. juli 2006)

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Already publised about the project

• 5. August 2006 (Danish) DR Bornholm.
  
• 3. August 2006 (Danish) DYK
  
• 3. August 2006 (Danish) Bornholms tidende
  
• 29. Juli 2006 (Danish) DR Bornholm.
  
• 23. July 2006 (Swidish) Skargardsbryggan
  
• 12. July 2006 (Danish) DR Bornholm
  
• 12. July 2006 (Danish) TV2 Bornholm
  
• (Swedish) Sveriges Radio
  
• (Danish) DR Bornholm
  
• (Danish) Bornholm.nu
  

• (Danish) Artikel i DYK nummer 5 - PDF
  

Links

• (Danish) Danish television (TV2/Bornholm)
• (English) Casualty Report - PDF
  

Lars Stenholt Kirkegaard took a series of photos, for his article in DYK magazine.

Here they are:

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Ole Thomsen passed by the site 2 weeks after the collision:

This is what he experienced:

Vi sejlede fra Polen over Bornholm til Blekinge skærgård 1 - 2 uger efter forliset.
I Hammerhavn var der 2 redningsbåde fra Fu Shan Hai fortøjet ved kajen.
Da vi sejlede fra Hammerhavn mod Hanø mødte vi Mette Miljø, der lå vagt over vraget, for at holde øje med olieudslip.
Ca. 10 sømil længere mod nord passerede vi et område med tykke olieklumper, der svinede båden og gav os en del rengøring.
Da vi prajede Mette Miljø herom over vhf´en, fik vi at vide, at det stammede fra Fu Shan Hai.
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Ole Thomsen

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Translation:
We passed Bornholm on our trip from Poland to Blekinge skærgård (Sweden) 1- 2 weeks after the accident.
In Hammerhavn we anchored next to the two recue boats.
When we sailed from Hammerhavn towards Hanø we met Mette Miljø, who was looking for oil spills.
Aprox. 10 nautical miles further north, we passed an area with thick oil lumps, that messed up the boat, and gave us a lot of cleaning.
When we called "Mette Miljø" about it over the VHF, they told us it came from "Fu Shan Hai".

Ole Thomsen

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