The South Korean owner Polaris Shipping decided not to demolish or repair the wreck of the 340 metres long and 55 metres wide mastodon because it was so badly damaged that it was declared a total loss.

Merchant ship stellar banner. The ship left port of Ponta da Madeira Brazil on Feb 24 bound for Qingdao reportedly she suffered water ingress in cargo hold or holds or probably it was cargo shift. The Brazilian Navy has authorized the scuttling of the damaged VLOC Stellar Banner at a position about 80 nautical miles off the coast of Maranhão. On February 24 2020 the vessel declared itself in trouble off Maranhao Brazil and voluntarily ran aground to avoid sinking.

The vessel STELLAR BANNER IMO. VLOC bulk carrier STELLAR BANNER loaded with ore developed heavy starboard side list with cargo deck partially under water at around 0000 UTC Feb 25 north of Sao Luis Brazil. The Stella Banner struck a shallow area near buoy 1 in the São Marcos Bay channel.

Reports state the company Ardent Global was contracted to create a salvage plan. Ad The best utility software for data recovery file repair data erasure and migration. On February 24 the 340 meter long 300660 dwt bulk ore carrier Stellar Banner ran aground in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Maranhão Brasil.

Salvage crews were continuing with the debunkering operation on the Stellar Banner on March 20. On June 12 2020 the Stellar Banner was. Ad The best utility software for data recovery file repair data erasure and migration.

The current position of STELLAR BANNER is in South Atlantic Ocean with coordinates -221937 -4418092 as reported on 2020-02-19 1647 by AIS to our vessel tracker app. The Stellar Banner was an ore carrier VLOC owned by the South Korean company Polaris Shipping. The vessels current speed is 0 Knots.

Giant very large ore carrier Stellar Banner owned by Polaris Shipping from Korea has been scuttled off the Brazilian coast after an inspection of the ships hull found the ship to be unseaworthy. The refloating of the Marshall Islands-flagged vessel which is owned by Polaris Shipping of South Korea was carried out by the Brazilian Navy and local private salvage companies following debunkering and cargo discharge. The ship left port of Ponta da Madeira Brazil on Feb 24 bound for Qingdao reportedly she suffered water ingress in cargo hold or holds or probably it was cargo shift.