MOL Containership Rescues Castaways

By Joseph R. Fonseca November 6, 2015

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. today announced that on October 29, 2015, the MOL-operated containership MOL PROFICIENCY safely rescued all 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.

[Outline of MOL PROFICIENCY]

LOA : 293 m

Gross Tonnage : 71,906 MT

Crew : 25 (Indian, Ukrainian and Nepalese)

Registry : Marshall Islands