Two of the Philippine crewmembers are reported seriously injured. The local coast guard has been contacted with a request for helicopter to give medical assistance. The ship has suffered some structural damage, but is in a stable condition and proceeding to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As far as we can currently establish the accident has not resulted in any pollution.
The ship had discharged part of a cargo of chemicals in Santos, Brazil and was proceeding to Aratu, Brazil to load cargo before continuing to the US East Coast.
M/T NCC MEKKA has a crew of 27 persons. Three of which are Norwegian, 23 Philippine and one from Latvia.
M/T NCC MEKKA is a 37.272 dwt. chemical tanker built in Norway in 1995. The ship is registered in Norway and classed by Det Norske Veritas (DNV). M/T NCC MEKKA is owned by National Chemical Carriers Ltd of Saudi Arabia, and operated commercially and managed by Odfjell ASA in Bergen, Norway.