UPDATE on Pacific Scrapping in Turkey

Rumors are swirling that she was damaged in a storm on her way to the scrappers. That could explain the increase in list. Or its by design in the scrapyard that they are ballasting her like this to access something on her starboard side. Either way, it’s a dramatic increase from how she arrived:

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UPDATE: For what its worth, Peter Knego of MaritimeMatters posted the following:

Selim San reports that ACIF (ex SEA VENTURE, PACIFIC PRINCESS, PACIFIC) is now in danger of capsizing as the ship continues to hemorrhage at a scrapyard in Aliaga, Turkey. The crippled vessel barely made it to to the breakers’ beach after taking on water during a tow from Genoa, Italy, arriving on August 6.

UPDATE II: Yeah, its definitely gotten worse.

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via maritime matters, Selim San 2013