MOL Bulk Carrier Rescues Castaways
- Three survivors rescued off Puluwat Atoll in Pacific Ocean -

April 13, 2016

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) today announced that on March 30, 2016, the MOL-operated bulk carrier SHORYU safely rescued three survivors about 50 km offshore of Puluwat Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia.

Details of the rescue follow:

• At 13:15 (all times in local time) on March 30, 2016, the SHORYU, sailing from Port of Chiba, Japan to Port of Newcastle, Australia received a request for assistance from United States Coast Guard and immediately changed course to approach the castaways, and started rescue operations.
• At 19:30 of the same day, the survivors were safely rescued.
• At 00:05 on March 31, the survivors were turned over to a rescue ship.

[ Outline of SHORYU ]

LOA	: 235.0 m
Gross Tonnage	: 50,888 MT
Crew	: 21 (Filipino)
Registry	: Panama