HONOLULU — Seven fishermen are safe, Wednesday, after their Japanese-flagged 50-foot fishing boat, the Gyotoku Maru No. 1, reportedly capsized 218 miles southwest of Palau. The fishermen were rescued and transferred safely by another fishing vessel to General Santos, Philippines. “We’re incredibly relieved these men are safe and back on dry land,” said Lt. … [Read more...]
Bulk Carrier to The Rescue – Five Rescued from Skiff After Five Days Lost Sea
Five men are lucky to be alive after spending five days adrift in the Pacific Ocean aboard their 14-foot aluminum skiff with little supplies. The men were rescued Sunday by the crew of the Panama-flagged bulk carrier MV Shourong Harmony after a U.S. Coast Guard air crew spotted the boat 184 miles east northeast of Teraina Island, Kiribati, located in the … [Read more...]
AMVER-Participating Bulker Carrier Helps Rescue Three Overdue Boaters in Central Pacific
A Panama-flagged bulk carrier assisted in the rescue of three overdue boaters Thursday near the Chuuk Atoll in the central Pacific. Watchstanders at the U.S. Coast Guard's Sector Guam received a call Tuesday from the Chuuk search and rescue liaison requesting assistance in searching for an overdue 19-foot skiff with four men aboard reported missing since Sunday. Three … [Read more...]
500-Foot Log Carrier Abandoned in the Pacific
The U.S. Coast Guard reports today that twenty-four sailors from the M/V Rich Forest are now safe after being rescued by the bulk carrier CS Sunshine, 440 nautical miles west of Guam. The sailors were enroute to China with a cargo of logs when the ship's engine room began to flood with 160 tons of water per hour. Power was lost on board the Rich Forest, and a distress call … [Read more...]
Horizon Reliance to the Rescue, Yet Again
The Pacific is a huge expanse of open ocean, and oddly enough the container ship Horizon Reliance happened to be in the right place at the right time for the second time this year. AMVER reports this evening that the Horizon Reliance, an AMVER program participant, rescued an 81 year old male from his sailboat today about 1,100 miles ENE of Oahu. The situation began as a … [Read more...]