Vietnam coordinates rescue of 18 foreign sailors from sinking boat

  • Photo: Procedures to hand over the sailors are conducted by relevant authorities./.
    Photo: Procedures to hand over the sailors are conducted by relevant authorities./.
  • Photo: MATHILDE MAERSK ship is offshore Ba Ria-Vung Tau province./.
    Photo: MATHILDE MAERSK ship is offshore Ba Ria-Vung Tau province./.
  • Photo: The sailors are brought ashore by MATHILDE MAERSK ship./.
    Photo: The sailors are brought ashore by MATHILDE MAERSK ship./.
  • Photo: The sailors are brought ashore to Cau Da port in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau./.
    Photo: The sailors are brought ashore to Cau Da port in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau./.
The Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre for Zone 3 has coordinated a rescue of 18 crew members of a sinking ship offshore the south central province of Binh Thuan. The sailors were from NARIMOTO MARU, a Belize-flagged cargo ship, which was en route from Malaysia to Taiwan (China). The ship with 9,310 tonnes of clay on board faced the risk of sinking when it was crossing the waters of Binh Thuan, about 262 km east-northeast of Vung Tau Cape, on December 1, forcing all the sailors to leave the ship amid high waves of up to 4–5m. The centre made a contact with a nearby Denmark-flagged vessel called MATHILDE MAERSK to ask the vessel come to the site to rescue the sailors and bring them ashore safely./.

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