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2015 November 2   11:59

MOL containership rescues castaways off Brazil, South Atlantic Ocean

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. 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.

LOA: 275m
Gross Tonnage: 59,307 MT
Crew: 23 (Estonian, Russian, Ukrainian and others)
Registry: Hong Kong

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