News / Zim crew 'feared for their safety' on Pacific voyage on 'unseaworthy' box ship

Zim Iberia at anchorage in Vancouver

Crew onboard the Zim Iberia have written to their crewing agents asking for redeployment after they claim they “feared for their safety” as they crossed the Pacific Ocean on an “unseaworthy” ship.

The 4,256 teu vessel, owned by Zim and under technical management by Hamburg-based Hammonia Reederei, sailed from Busan for Vancouver on 3 November with, according to a report, two of its four auxiliary engines out of commission and a third operating at about half power.

The report, seen by The ...