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All four survivors rescued off Brazil, South Atlantic Ocean Tokyo, November 2, 2015 Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) today announced that on October 23, 2015, the MOL-operated containership MOL Growth safely rescued all four survivors 55 km offshore of Brazil. Details of the rescue follow • At 11:01 (all times in local time) on October 23, 2015, the MOL Growth, sailing from the Port of Santos, Brazil, to Port of Itaguai, Brazil, received a request for assistance from Brazilian Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre and immediately changed course to approach the castaways, and started rescue operations. • At 12:28 of the same day, the four survivors were safely rescued. • At 19:26 of the same day, the survivors were turned over to the authority at Port of Itaguai. Outline of MOL Growth LOA : 275m Gross Tonnage : 59,307 MT Crew : 23 (Estonian, Russian, Ukrainian and others) Registry : Hong Kong Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. press release |
