MOL containership rescues castaways
posted by AJOT | Nov 06 2015 at 09:01 AM | Liner Shipping
Two survivors rescued off Canary Islands in North Atlantic Ocean
TOKYO - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) today announced that on October 29, 2015, the MOL-operated containership MOL PROFICIENCY safely rescued two survivors 400 km offshore of Canary Islands.
Details of the rescue follow:
- At 09:05 (all times in local time) on October 29, 2015, the MOL PROFICIENCY, sailing from the Port of Cape Town, South Africa, to Port of Algeciras, Spain, received a distress signal from a yacht and immediately changed course to approach the castaways, and started rescue operations.
- At 12:25 of the same day, the two survivors were safely rescued.
- At 22:35 on October 31, the two survivors disembarked at Port of Algeciras.