Stellar Banner

The Stellar Banner was an ore carrier, VLOC owned by the South Korean company Polaris Shipping. On February 24, 2020, the vessel declared itself in trouble off Maranhao, Brazil and voluntarily ran aground to avoid sinking.

On June 12, 2020, the Stellar Banner was scuttled by decision of the owner Polaris Shipping.[1][2] It took 20 minutes to sink the large vessel to deep waters, nothing is left on the ship. The funnel was detached from the ships superstructure, but sank after the ship fully sank just 5 minutes.

References
  1. "Polaris VLOC Stellar Banner to be Scuttled". The Maritime Executive.
  2. "Stellar Banner declared as constructive total loss". Lloyd's List.


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