Survivor found in sunk vessel at Escravos on Sunday

The Sunk Boat

A survivor has been found in a vessel owned by West Africa Ventures (WAV), identified as Jascon 4, which sunk off the coast of Escravos, Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State, on Sunday morning.

It was  learnt that a crew member, identified as the cook, was rescued in the kitchen by divers late on Tuesday.

Our source said the lucky worker has been placed in a decompression chambers to quicken his recovery process.

“Right now, the cook could provide some answers to questions on what actually happened that Sunday morning.

“The report we got was that it was even the man that tapped one of the divers on the shoulder inside the Vessel,” our source, said on condition of anonymity.

It would be recalled that the vessel sunk about 30 km offshore Escravos on Sunday, while performing a routine tension tow of a petrol tanker at the Single Buoy Mooring #3 owned by Chevron Nigeria Limited.

The failure of several search and rescue operations led to concerns that none of the crew survived the accident.

However, the cheery news raised hope over the fate of 11 others who are yet to be found.

Contacted, Chevron’s Policy, Government and Public Affairs General Manager, Mr Deji Haastrup, said he couldn’t speak on the Search and Rescue Operation because it is coordinated by WAV.