Posted on 09/04/2020 7:06:09 PM PDT by robowombat
Livestock carrier in load with 43 crew missing. UPDATES 1 more alive crew
Mikhail VoytenkoNews September 4, 2020 5:47 am
Sep 4 UPDATE: Japanese CG found one more alive crew, unconscious, he was taken to hospital.
Sep 3 UPDATES: OFFICIAL STATEMENT Gulf Navigation Holding PJSC (GNH) deeply regret to report the incident relating to their vessel, MV GULF LIVESTOCK 1, which is reported missing while the vessel was enroute from New Zealand to China, with livestock on board. The Japanese Coast Guard received a distress call early on Wednesday morning (Sept 2nd) to which they responded and one of the 43 crew members, the vessel’s Chief Officer, was rescued. The search for survivors is still continuing by the Japanese Coast Guard.
Spokesperson of Gulf Navigation states: Our hearts go out to those onboard and their families at this time. We also express deep regret for the sad loss of the livestock on board. We are monitoring the situation closely and working closely with those involved in rescue efforts. We pray that there are other survivors.
According to Japanese CG, 1 crew, Chief Officer of Filipino nationality, was rescued, SAR continues. He said, that the ship capsized after engine failure – she was turned broadside towards all the strength of waves and wind, and quickly capsized, guaranteed outcome for nearly any disabled ship in severe storm, but especially so for ships with high freeboard and big superstructure.
Sep 2 UPDATES: There were 5,800 cattle on board. It is hard to believe, that Master missed typhoon on converging track with ship’s route, or disregarded typhoon as a threat. Maybe Master miscalculated typhoon trajectory, or maybe he hoped the ship will overtake it. Whatever were the reasons, the ship sailed straight into the typhoon.
Patrol plane at around 1900 Tokyo time spotted a lifeboat, but no people in it, and a man in lifejacket nearby, not clear dead or alive. SAR suspended until tomorrow daylight.
Sep 2: Livestock carrier GULF LIVESTOCK 1 issued distress signal at 0145 Tokyo time Sep 2 in East China sea, some 100 nm west of Amami Archipelago, part of the Ryukyu Islands southwest of Kyushu. The ship with 43 crew on board is en route from New Zealand to China, i.e. she should be carrying livestock. Patrol plane searched the area, but didn’t find the ship. Search continues, as of 1500 Tokyo time, Japan Coast Guard ship HAYATO was in the area. Last ship’s AIS position dated 1230 UTC Sep 1, ship adrift. Crew includes 39 Filipino, 2 New Zealand, 1 Australian and 1 Singaporean nationalities.
The ship, judging from ship’s track and track of typhoon MAYSAK, may be caught in a center of typhoon and fall victim to its’ fury, with wind up to 130 kt in gusts.
Livestock carrier GULF LIVESTOCK 1, IMO 9262883, GT 11947, built 2002, flag Panama, manager HIJAZI & GHOSHEH CO, Jordan (EQUASIS).
Typhoon Maysak wreaking havoc in Vladivostok Navy Base and in Port, VIDEO Mikhail VoytenkoNewsSeptember 3, 2020 10:25 am
Typhoon Maysak crushed onto Vladivostok, Russia, Japan sea, with all its’ might, wreaking havoc at Navy Base and in Commercial Port. Floating Dock in Navy Base area broke off her moorings, drifted along Navy Base piers and reportedly, contacted berthed submarine or submarines, and surface ship, damages unknown. Container Terminal at Commercial Port was just flooded. Watch videos
http://www.maritimebulletin.net/2020/09/03/typhoon-maysak-wreaking-havoc-in-vladivostok-navy-base-and-in-port-video/
If there’s a heaven for sharks, this has got to be the closest thing to it.
“If there’s a heaven for sharks, this has got to be the closest thing to it.”
I assume you are talking about the beef fest, not the human loss.
Hammerhead: “What are these _things_ they just dumped all over us???”
Great White: “DELICIOUS!!!”
Sharks will be eating good for quite a while.
This reminds me of that container ship that sailed into a hurricane in the Caribbean a few years ago. No survivors in that tragedy. With all the modern technology there’s no excuse.
BTW ... gusts of 130 kt = 150 mph
We are demanding an all out effort to save the enslaved cattle.
Cattle can tread water for only a short time.Why were none of the cattle issued PFD's?
Every man for himself is an archaic term. Why are cattle deemed expendable?
Where’s the Beef?
Prayers up.
We are having steaks for dinner …..!!!
5800 cattle
They were locked in above and below deck stalls and all drowned en masse when the ship capsized. Assuming that the ship filled with water and righted itself as it sank, it may have settled relatively intact and they are all inside the wreck on the bottom of the ocean, possibly some thousands of feet deep. The feast will be for the bottom scavengers who can penetrate the hull. The sharks will get their chance if the wreck has broken up.
Here are some images of the ship under a previous name:
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:857992/#forward
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:857992/#forward
That was the El Faro. Captain sailed into the storm. Engine failure and capsized.
20 million years from now geologists will weep and gnash their teeth over a herd of land herbivores fossils in a deep ocean basin sedimentary deposit associated with a large mass of hematite and pyrites...
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