Air Freight News

MOL car carrier saves castaway off Thailand

Oct 06, 2020

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MO) announced that on September 22, the MOL-operated car carrier Primrose Ace rescued a castaway in Gulf of Thailand (about 30km off the west coast of Thailand).

Details of the rescue are as follows:

  • At 14:27 on September 22 (local time), the Primrose Ace, while underway from Sohar Port in Oman to Laem Chabang Port in Thailand, spotted a castaway, and safely rescued him at 16:13 on the same day.
  • At 16:50 on September 25, the vessel handed over the survivor to the local authorities at the Laem Chabang Port anchorage.

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