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Tug that lost floating restaurant returned to home port

The 'Jaewon 9', that was towing Hong Kong’s Jumbo Floating Restaurant, when the iconic eatery capsized in the South China Sea, has arrived at its home port Busan on Aug 27 at 00:57 a.m. en route from the coastal city of Sanya in Hainan Island. The restaurant’s fate made international headlines after capsizing in the South China Sea near the disputed Paracel Islands four days after setting sail from Hong Kong on June 14. The vessel encountered adverse weather conditions and water ingress. Days after it was reported it had sink, the company clarified that the restaurant was in fact still afloat. But it provided no further information on whether it was still salvageable. The Marine Department had not received any requests for assistance from Jumbo’s owner after it capsized. Meanwhile, the whereabouts of Jumbo Floating Restaurant are still unknown.

Crew of tug in dire situation

The crew of the 'Jaewon 9', which had towed Hong Kong’s troubled Jumbo Floating Restaurant, was in dire situation under confinement at Sanya port. The seven crew members have reached Hainan Island on June 30, served a week of quarantine. The group was then questioned by officials from the mainland’s Maritime Safety Administration from July 6 to 7, and has been confined to their vessel ever since. The crew was now running out of food after being held at a mainland Chinese port for weeks over a probe into the ill-fated journey of the iconic vessel. Hong Kong’s marine authority says it has not received any request for help from Jumbo owner, with state of capsized vessel still unknown.

Tug expected in Cambodia after loss of Jumbo restaurant

Yoon Ju-dong, senior official of the company of the 'Jewaon 9', which had lost the restaurant ship 'Jumbo' out of Hong Kong, says it was ‘an accident without any foul play involved’ and rejected claims the vessel might have been sunk intentionally. He has dismissed allegations of foul play as “ridiculous”, saying some buoyancy tanks might have been damaged by strong sea waves leading to the ship capsizing in the South China Sea. After being towed for four or five days, she started tilting gradually before she capsized suddenly. If she had any structural problems, she would have gone down much earlier. yoon said his company had borrowed the tug from its registered owner S&P Marine Co in Busan, The incident has sparked widespread concern among Hongkongers, with conspiracy theories swirling that human error was a factor. Yoon said some buoyancy tanks had been broken, probably by waves which caused water to enter and the ship eventually to turn over. It has eight buoyancy tanks, and some of them were battered by the waves. Steel plates of the tanks might have become thin. The centre of gravity was very high, which caused it to be unstable structurally. Before the departure, the insurance company conducted a survey of both the 'Jumbo' and the tug and gave the green light for navigation. The Aberdeen Restaurant Enterprises on June 21 said it had submitted a report and would cooperate with the Marine Department. The department earlier revealed it had given approval for the vessel to be moved to Cambodia. The 'Jaewon 9' was expected to arrive in Cambodia on June 27 and had been zigzagging near the Paracels.