Recovery efforts end as five MV Barima victims remain unidentified

What this source establishes

State account of the end of recovery, with figures. Search and recovery concluded. 73 dead, 5 unidentified, about 30 unaccounted for, 76 survived. The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre stays open for identification work.

Key claims

• Search and recovery concluded. **73 dead, 5 unidentified, about 30 unaccounted for, 76 survived.** The Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre stays open for identification work.
• **Confirms the salvage deadline in state-side reporting: proposals due 14 August 2026.**
• Wreck conditions as given by MARAD: the 38.6 m vessel rests in soft mud at **13–15 metres**, with "poor underwater visibility, strong currents and tidal streams".
• **Contractors are required to preserve forensic evidence for the Commission of Inquiry.** This is the state's own framing of the wreck as evidence, and it predates the salvage controversy.
• President Ali said the government would "fully support the commission's work".

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