JAPAN's NYK Group said the crew of its product tanker Challenge Pollux rescued 28 fishermen floating in life rafts off the coast of Colombia
JAPAN's NYK Group said the crew of its product tanker Challenge Pollux rescued 28 fishermen floating in life rafts off the coast of Colombia. The tanker, flying under the flag of Singapore and captained by Birender Singh, was sailing from the Panama Canal to Houston when it received a call from a US-based Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre requesting assistance with the rescue of 28 crew members who had evacuated a sinking fishing boat, NYK said.
The rescued fishermen were given water, food, clothing and first aid on board Challenge Pollux and then transferred to a Colombian Coast Guard vessel, American Shipper reported.
