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The container ship Espirito Santo Express (IMO 9793923) has been abandoned by its crew after an explosion on board caused a fire on October 16. The rescue of the crew was undertaken in very heavy seas, at the very end of which the officer in charge of an extraordinary and heroic operation was thrown overboard and lost his life. The incident occurred midway between Rio de Janiero and Tristan da Cunha, far from shore in the middle of the South Atlantic.
The Singapore-flagged Espirito Santo Express is 330 meters in length and can load 11,923 TEU. The vessel had left Singapore on September 25, rounded the Cape of Good Hope on October 10, and slowed and then disappeared from AIS overnight October 15.
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