Poisoned Crew

Published Sep 28, 2015 3:33 PM by The Maritime Executive

Two crewmembers are dead and another 13 are hospitalized after an outbreak of food poisoning onboard the cargo ship, M/V Nefryt. The captain is one of the two that died from the poisoning. The tainted food source still unknown.

The crew was poisoned on September 25 after the vessel departed from Port of San-Pédro on the Ivory Coast.

The Nefryt is a 9,500 dwt Malta-flagged vessel owned by Euroafrica Shipping Lines of Poland. The company has sent a replacement crew to take over the ship.