Zanzibar Ship Capsizes, 3 Dead!

Few days ago it was the commemoration of the tragic MV Bukoba accident, yesterday the news of the capsized ship sent shockwaves in zanzibar and Tanzania mainland. Below is the story covered by 'The Times' of South Africa;

At least three people drowned when a cargo ship capsized off the coast of Zanzibar, a port official said.
Mustaf Jumbe, head of Zanzibar’s main port of Stone Town, said search operations were launched late yesterday and were ongoing.
"So far, we have recovered three bodies and 27 people were rescued," he told AFP.
The MV Fatih had left Dar-es-Salaam on Friday afternoon and sank just before berthing at Stone Town around 9:00 pm (1800 GMT).
Its captain Usi Ali Usi told reporters on Saturday that he experienced problems with the ship’s rudder and then realised there was a big leak on the hull.
The total number of people on the boat could not be immediately established.
Zanzibar is Tanzania’s semi-autonomous island.

Source: The Times of South Africa. www.thetimes.co.za

ACCIDENTS!

Tanzania Ports Authority(TPA) yesterday started off-loading some containers and ballasting a cargo vessel which ran agroung at magogo on the Kigmboni Creek in Dar es salaam on Tuesday evening to give it the necessary floating stability.

Officials from the Ministry of infrastructure Development at the scene on Tuesday said that the liner-MSC Federica Panama IM07347512 was being escorted out of the port by Tanzanian captains, as it is the procedure when it ran aground.

The Ministry's Permanent Secretary, Mr. Omari Chambo, told reporters at the scene of the accident yesteraday that the option comes after failure to rescue the vessel on Tuesday evening. TPA's Director General, mr. Ephraim Mgawe, said the accident was caused by engine failure which caused the ship to lose direction, sailing closer to the landing site of the kigamboni Pontoon (The Daily News: Photo Silvan Kivyale).

NGOMA NZITO, MPAKA KUFIKIA LEO JINSI YA KUITOA MELI HII MAHALI ILIPOKWAMA BADO NI KITENDAWILI KIZITO!