Foreign Cargo Ship Sinks off Vietnam Sea, only 1 member of 19 Filipino Crew Survives

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A Bahaman ship Bulk Jupiter  with 19 Filipino crew members sank off the coast of southern Vietnam with only one man known to have survived, officials said on Sunday.

Unconfirmed reports stated that the survivor was the ship's chef while one of the recovered body was the ship's Captain.

The Vietnamese news agency Tuoi  Tre News obtained and publish on its website the crew list of the ill-fated Bulk Jupiter. The names and ranks of the crew members who manned the ship are as follows:

1. 1. Ronnel Acueza Aldrin - Captain
2. 2. Rener Kari Resos Abogadie- Chief Officer
3. 3. Gibbson Ladica Ranara - 2nd. Officer
4. 4. Jerome Maquilay Dinoy - 3rd. Officer
5. 5. Alexis Thomas Piala Bacalla - Jr. 3rd. Officer
6. 6. Joseph Bantolino Damasen - Chief Engineer
7. 7. Lot Olavides Correos - 2nd. Engineer
8. 8. Reydante Santos Mendoza - 3rd. Engineer
9. 9. Ricky Arangonin Gapasin - Electrician
10. 10. Jonniefer Derafite Aleta - Bosun
11. 11. Renato Flores Toribio - AB 1
12. Wynfred Penaranda Balazo - AB 2
13. 13. Edgar Tabanao Melecio - OS 1
14. 14. George Barbaso Espliguera, Jr. - OS 2
15. 15. Edwin Deriada Acebo - Filter
16. 16. Rosilo Navarro Sansolis - Motorman
17. 17. Gilbert Feliciano Flora - Wiper
18. 18. Angelito Capindo Roxas - Chief Cook
19. 19. Mark AnthonyDenostaCausarin - Galley Boy                                                                Gearbulk said the vessel left Kuantan in Malaysia at 8 p.m. local time on December 30, carrying 19 Filipino crew members and loaded with 46,400 metric tons of Bauxite in bulk.''Repeated attempts to contact the vessel on all communication channels were unsuccessful,'' Gearbulk said. The search and rescue operation, led by Singapre MRCC, continues and is being stepped up,'' it said.New(s) Source: Rappler.com, GMA-News, Kickerdaily.com, scmp.com