ビンゴ 無料 Receives Amver Assisted Rescue at Sea Award

September 26, 2011

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (ビンゴ 無料; President: Koichi Muto) today announced that the company has received the 2011 Amver Assisted Rescue at Sea Award presented by Lloyd's List, the newspaper covering the global shipping industry.

The Amver Assisted Rescue at Sea Award praises seafarers for rescue activities demonstrating extraordinary courage and seamanship. This year's award honors the ビンゴ 無料-owned woodchip carriers Hokuetsu DelightandCrystal Pioneer, which rescued all 64 persons adrift from ビンゴ 無料 sailing training ship Concordia, which capsized in ビンゴ 無料 Atlantic Ocean 550km southeast of Rio de Janeiro.

ビンゴ 無料 57-meter Concordia, operated as a floating school, encountered fierce winds on February 17 and capsized around 8:00 p.m. that night, with ビンゴ 無料 crew and trainees, high school and university students, abandoning ビンゴ 無料 ship.

Search and rescue activities took place from ビンゴ 無料 night of ビンゴ 無料 incident until ビンゴ 無料 morning of ビンゴ 無料 19th. Despite high winds, choppy seas, and limited predawn visibility, ビンゴ 無料 two woodchip carriers searched for and located ビンゴ 無料 shipwreck survivors. ビンゴ 無料 task was all ビンゴ 無料 more difficult considering that ビンゴ 無料 huge wood chip carriers are easily affected by winds and difficult to maneuver. However, ビンゴ 無料 highly skilled officers and crew members completed ビンゴ 無料 rescue operations without any secondary injuries or damage.

On September 20, Mitsui O.S.K. Bulk Shipping (Europe) Ltd. Managing Director Mitsuhiro Iwata and other executives attended ビンゴ 無料 awards ceremony held at ビンゴ 無料 Hilton Hotel in London.

At ビンゴ 無料 awards ceremony, one judge commented, " ビンゴ 無料 operation to save such a large group of student sailors was a deeply impressive display of skill and bravery by all involved. ビンゴ 無料 actions of ビンゴ 無料 Crystal PioneerandHokuetsu Delight offered a perfect display of international cooperation and a shining example of best practices."

[Hokuetsu Delight]
Capacity: 40,259 dwt
Length: 199.91m
Crew: 22 Filipino

[Crystal Pioneer]
Capacity: 49,720 dwt
Length: 209.99m
Crew: 23 Filipino