Drifting Fishermen Rescued by MOL LNG Carrier
By Michelle Howard
October 8, 2014
Senshu Maru, Photo courtesy of MOL
Three Castaways Rescued Safely off Indonesia.
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President: Koichi Muto) has announced that on October 6, 2014, the MOL-operated/managed LNG carrier Senshu Maru founded drifting castaways in the Celebes Sea off Indonesia, and was able to safely rescue three Indonesian fishermen.
The rescue went as follows:
- At 14:15 (all times were in Japan time) on October 6, 2014, the Senshu Maru, sailing from the port of Bontang, Indonesia, to the port of Sakai-Senboku in Osaka, Japan, found drifting fishermen – their fishing boat was hit by the wave and sunk, and immediately began the rescue operations.
- At 15:04 of the same day, three drifting fishermen were rescued.
- At 12:00 on October 7, 2014, the members were turned over to the Indonesian Rescue Coordination Center.
The Senshu Maru
Length: 283m
Gross tonnage: 103,022 MT
Crew: 5 Croatians, 1 Indian, 1 Romanian, 26 Indonesians
Registry: Japan
