YONG FENG

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Trawler rescued crew

The Taiwanese fishing trawler 'Min Fa Yu' has rescued the 22 crew members of the 'Yong Feng' on Jan 13 after its engine room caught fire 485 nautical miles southeast of Eluanbi. The trawler was two sailing hours away and was asked by Taiwan's National Rescue Command Center to head toward the distressed vessel Taiwan began the following day to coordinate with authorities in China to have the crew transferred to a Chinese vessel. The rescued crew aboard the 'Min Fa Yu', which had been under the escort of a Taiwanese Coast Guard vessel, successfully met up with the Xiamen-based Chinese SAR shp 'Donghai No. 113' in waters southwest of Taiwan in the morning of Jan 16. The Taiwanese trawler was subsequently escorted back to Taiwan, where its crew members were now being subjected to mandatory quarantine in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Report with photo: https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202101160017

Bulk carrier abandoned in Philippine Sea

The 'Yong Feng' issued a distress signal on Jan 13, 2020, at 03.50 a.m. Tokyo time, reporting to be in danger of sinking 400 miles Southeast of Miyakojima, Okinawa, in the Philippine Sea. The 22 crew members, among them 14 Chinese and eight Bangladeshi, abandoned ship in a lifeboat. A ship of the Japanese Coast Guard was deployed to assist. A Taiwanese fishing vessel rescued the crew eight hours after the vessel was abandoned. The 'Yong Feng' was carrying a cargo of timber from Port Moresby to China when the cargo shifted, the ship listed sharply and took on water. The abandoned ship was drifting in the sea with a list, but did not seem likely to sink soon. A patrol boat was expected arrive at the site on Jan 14 around to investigate hte situation. Reports with photos: https://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/692181 https://www.sankei.com/photo/story/expand/210113/sty2101130012-p2.html