Japanese salvagers escort Russian fishing boat to Hakodate
Japanese rescuers this morning commenced towing the stricken Russian fishing boat Alanet to the port of Hakodate based on Hokkaido, the ITAR-TASS reports citing the Japan Coast Guard.
The ship is expected to arrive at the port of Hakodate on December 30 at 07:00am (LT).
The Kamchatka trawler Alanet with 24 crew members (all Russian nationals) on board yesterday wend adrift due to her main engines failure. The incident occurred 60 miles off the Tsugaru Strait in the area of responsibility of Japan’s Coast Guard.