A gigantic “ghost ship” that vanished for nine years before being discovered drifting empty close to Myanmar has finally had its mystery resolved. 

Fishermen discovered the rusted container ship, Sam Ratulangi PB 1600, in the Gulf of Martaban, off the coast of Yangon, the main city in the southeast Asian state.

Investigators from the Myanmar Navy were dispatched to investigate the reason of its unexpected appearance.

After boarding the ship, they conducted a preliminary inspection and discovered no crew or cargo.

Subsequent investigations showed that a tugboat had been dragging the 177-meter-long vessel in the direction of a shipbreaking facility in Bangladesh.

However, due to terrible weather, the crew was apparently forced to break cables with the ship, which weighed 26,500 tonnes dead.

Then they made the decision to give it up.