The four families of the missing Australian and New Zealand crewmen on livestock ship Gulf Livestock 1 (IMO 9262883) have offered a combined ¥5m ($67,000) reward for anyone who provides valid information that leads directly to the discovery of any or all of the missing 40 crewmen, whether alive or dead. The remaining 36 crew…
China has called off its search for survivors of sunken livestock carrier Gulf Livestock 1 (IMO 9262883). Last week the Philippines government requested the assistance of additional neighbouring countries for a further search for the lost vessel. There are many small uninhabited islands in the East China Sea near where the vessel sank during a…
Social media pressure is increasing to get more countries involved in the search operation for the missing 40 crew from the Gulf Livestock 1, which sank in the East China Sea off southern Japan on September 2nd after encountering Typhoon Maysak. The Japan Coast Guard is still searching, using boats and aircraft. Three men from…
The search for survivors of the lost livestock carrier Gulf Livestock 1 (IMO 9262883)has been called off. The vessel was carrying 43 crew members and more than 5,800 cows when it lost power in a typhoon, capsized and sank on September 2nd. Three people were found, of whom two have survived. One of the two…
The Japanese Coast Guard resumed its search for missing crew members of the Gulf Livestock 1 (IMO 9262883) on September 7th, which capsized during Typhoon Maysak on September 2nd. A second typhoon, Haishan, forced the coastguard to postpone their aerial search. There are 40 crew members still missing from the ship. Three people have been…
A third crewman from livestock carrier Gulf Livestock 1 (IMO 9262883), which capsized last Wednesday September 2nd off the coast of Japan with 43 crew and about 6,000 cattle on board, was found alive on Friday September 4th. He was spotted by a search plane, Japan’s coastguard said. The man, 30-year-old Filipino Jaynel Rosals, was…
The 12,000 gt Gulf Livestock 1 (IMO 9262883), carrying 43 crew and nearly 6,000 cattle from New Zealand to China, capsized on Wednesday September 2nd after losing an engine in severe weather in the East China Sea, according to the only crew member rescued so far. The vessel sent a distress call from the west of Amami…
Ten containers were reported lost and washed ashore on resort island beaches, in the Andaman Sea following an event on either August 1st or 2nd. The containers, some or all of them 40-footers, were loaded with wood and went overboard from a container barge, the MCL Premier, off the coast of Satun Province, Thailand. The…
Chemical/oil products tanker Sti Pimlico (IMO 9686871), which was entering port, collided with LNG tanker Bilbao Knutsen (IMO 9236432), which was leaving port, just outside Huelva, Gulf of Cadiz, Spain, early on April 30th, while the two vessels were in the port’s anchorage area. Both ships sustained damage and subsequently were anchored near the collision…
Igualdad Animal (Animal Equality) sent a request for information to the Spanish General Directorate of Health of Agricultural Production (part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food) on April 13th, enquiring whether livestock carrier Bashar One Transport (IMO 8506361) had obtained a licence to export animals from Spain to the Middle East. The organization…