A Container ship MAERSK GANGES interrupted its voyage from Algeciras to Lome, Togo, on June 25, 2023 and sailed to Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, according to FleetMon.

It stated: “The ship reported dead crew member on board. MAERSK GANGES arrived at Tenerife late Jun 25 and was berthed, that being strange in itself because operations of medevacs or transfers of bodies usually take place either at sea or at anchorage. MAERSK GANGES left Tenerife in the morning June 27, 2023, and resumed the voyage.

“Nothing much known about the deceased, except that he’s of Greek nationality, and either a deckhand or deck officer. All involved parties including the ship’s agent, refused to give any details, even in a broad sense – was death natural, or caused by accident. Understood no violence was involved.”