January 28, 2016
Scenes of rescue operations
TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) today announced that on January 20, 2016, the MOL-operated car carrier TRIUMPH ACE safely rescued a survivor about 80km offshore of Mexico.
Details of the rescue follow:
- At 08:50 (all times in local time) on January 20, 2016, the TRIUMPH ACE, sailing from the Port of Mazatlán, Mexico to Port of Balboa, Panama found a drifting person and immediately changed course to approach the castaway, and started rescue operations.
- At 10:48 of the same day, the survivor was safely rescued.
- At 13:45 of the same day, the survivor was turned over to a ship of the Mexican Navy.
[ Outline of TRIUMPH ACE ]
LOA |
: 199.9m |
Gross Tonnage |
: 55,880MT |
Crew |
: 24 (Indian) |
Registry |
: Panama |