VietNamNet Bridge – Two drivers of Hao Hung Company were suffocated in the hold of a ship belonging to the Panama-based Uni Fortune firm just around midnight Sunday at Quy Nhon Port in Quy Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province.

Quy Nhon Port, where the accident occurred. — Photo Google Maps

According to Lai Huy Hoang, deputy director of Quy Nhon Port Company, Nguyen Viet Hoang, 41, from Bac Lieu Province and Nguyen Van Ngu, 31, from Phu Yen, entered the ship’s hold to level woodchips on the hold’s floor.

Seeing Hoang faint, Ngu ran to call for help but also passed out on the stairs.

One hour later, a team from Binh Dinh Province Department of Firefighting and Rescue was sent to help the two victims out but they were both dead. Quy Nhon Port delivered the victims’ bodies to their hometowns and supported their families with VND10 million (US$430) each.

According to Hoang, Uni Fortune, having a capacity of 47.000 DWT, has docked at Quy Nhon Port four times to stock woodchips. The ship has six holds of which four were occupied. Hold No. 2, where the two drivers were killed, was cleaned up and checked for safety before the drivers entered it. 

Binh Dinh Province Police is implementing further investigation into the case.

Source: VNS