Symbol copyright Yangon Police/Facebook Symbol caption The vessel, built in 2001, is greater than 177 metres lengthy
Police in Myanmar are looking out a large rusty container send for clues after it used to be spotted by way of fishermen mysteriously drifting close to the region of Yangon.
The vessel, bearing the title “Sam Ratulangi PB 1600”, used to be found out earlier this week floating close to the coast of Myanmar’s commercial capital.
“there were no sailors or items at the vessel,” the Yangon police mentioned.
Authorities and navy workforce boarded the send on Thursday to analyze after it ran aground, the police added.
In a statement posted on Facebook, the Yangon police mentioned the ship was once “stranded at the beach and it was bearing an Indonesian flag”.
Symbol copyright Yangon Police/Facebook Image caption The container ship used to be described as being in a running situation
Aung Kyaw Linn, the general secretary of the Impartial Federation of Myanmar Seafarers, said the vessel used to be nonetheless in working order, the Myanmar Times reports.
He mentioned he suspected that the send used to be only recently abandoned, adding: “There must be a reason why.”
The vessel, which was once built in 2001, is more than 177 metres (580 feet) long, consistent with the Marine Visitors website online, which logs the movements of ships across the international.
The ship’s region used to be closing recorded off the coast of Taiwan in 2009, and that is the primary suggested instance of an abandoned ship showing in Myanmar’s waters, in line with the AFP news agency.
