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Incident with ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 Car Carrier Cougar Ace(No.2)

July 26, 2006

TOKYO - Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL, President: Akimitsu Ashida) announced that all ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 crew of ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 MOL-operated car carrier Cougar Ace, disabled at sea south of ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 Aleutian Islands on Monday, July 24 has been safely evacuated from ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 ship.

On Tuesday, July 25 (JST) at 2:00 p.m., helicopters from ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 U.S. Coastal Guard (USCG) and U.S. Air Force (USAF) began lifting ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 crew to safety. An hour later, all officers and crew had been removed from ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 ship. ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 23 seafarers on board were taken to Adak Island in ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 Aleutians.

ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 hull of ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 Cougar Ace is floating stably although ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 vessel is listing.

ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 vessel will be towed to a safe port for recovery in ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 future, and at ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 same time, ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 company will start full-fledged cause-unfolding at ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 same time.

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines also wishes to extend gratitude to ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 United States Coast Guard and ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 Air National Guard for their courageous efforts in transporting ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 crew of ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 Cougar Ace safely to Alaska. ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 men and women involved in successfully executing their mission have?distinguished themselves under very difficult circumstances and deserve our heartfelt gratitude. We are certain that ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 families of ビンゴ 5 次回 予想 vessel's crew join us in extending our appreciation for their efforts.