Vietnam’s Quang Tri puts 5 crewless ships up for auction
Tuesday, January 09, 2024, 13:08 GMT+7
The Maritime Administration of Quang Tri Province in north-central Vietnam has successfully auctioned three out of the five unmanned ships currently grounded on the province’s coast, Phan Phung Hai, director of the administration said on Monday.
Of the three auctioned ships, a 50-meter-long iron vessel was sold at VND1.3 billion (US$53.2 million).
It had run aground in Trieu Phong District in December 2022.
The two other wooden ships were also successfully auctioned off but at relatively low prices.
The Quang Tri Maritime Administration is completing procedures for the auction of another 18-meter-long iron vessel and the other wooden ship.
The ships were auctioned after the local administration failed to identify their owners.
Most of the ships aground on the coast in Quang Tri are broken and believed to be of foreign origin.
Most recently, a vessel 15 meters long, six meters wide, and six meters high drifted inshore in Trieu Phong District, Quang Tri Province on Sunday last week.
There was no one on the vessel though some devices on it did feature several Chinese words.
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