NO port authority in
Asia will allow Evergreen's 5,090-TEU Ital Libera to land with
the body of its captain who died on board of Covid-19, reports Singapore's
Splash247.
Nearly two months have
passed since the death of Italian captain, Angelo Capurro, and
his family are still unable to arrange a funeral.
Capt Capurro, 61, died
on April 13 in Indonesian waters having contracted Covid-19. Other crewmen from
the 2009-built ship also came down with the virus while en route from Durban to
Singapore.
In the intervening 10
weeks since Capurro passed away, a host of Asian ports have denied the ship
access.
A force majeure has
been declared and the Italian-flagged ship has been diverted to call Italy
first in order to bury the captain after many Asian ports denied the ship
entry. Its home port if Trieste.
The desperate situation
onboard even saw Capurro's family launch a fundraiser on GoFundMe earlier to
try and get his return to Italian soil.
"We will fight so
that this tragedy that has struck us is not archived, ending up in the
anonymity of the numbers of forgotten statistics," said Captain
Capurro's daughter, Maria Eleonora.
Hapag-Lloyd, an
Evergreen partner, said the Ital Libera is eventually expected to return to the
rotation in the Far East service, however arrival and cargo delivery dates are
still to be determined.
Source : HKSG / Photo : ShipSpotting.
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