[3][4] On 2 January 2015, Bulk Jupiter sank off the coast of Vũng Tàu, Vietnam.

She departed from Kuantan, Malaysia on 30 December 2014 with a crew of 19 Filipino sailors and a cargo of 46,400 tons of bauxite.

The Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (Vietnam MRCC) and the Japanese Coast Guard received distress signals at 22:54 hours UTC on 1 January in position lat 9".01' 01:001N, long 109" 15' 26.01E from Bulk Jupiter, but were unable to make contact with the vessel.

Early reports indicated that the likely cause of the sinking was sudden loss of stability (free surface effect) from the bauxite cargo.

[4][6] IMO has approved a circular to warn ships' masters about the liquefaction hazards of bauxite.