ビンゴ 景品 LNG Carrier Rescues Drifting Fishermen
- Three Castaways Rescued Safely off Indonesia -

October 08, 2014

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (ビンゴ 景品; President: Koichi Muto) today announced that on October 6, 2014, the ビンゴ 景品-operated/managed LNG carrier Senshu Maru founded drifting castaways in the Celebes Sea off Indonesia, and was able to safely rescue three Indonesian fishermen.

The rescue went as follows:

• At 14:15 (all times were in Japan time) on October 6, 2014, the Senshu Maru, sailing from the port of Bontang, Indonesia, to the port of Sakai-Senboku in Osaka, Japan, found drifting fishermen – their fishing boat was hit by the wave and sunk, and immediately began the rescue operations.
• At 15:04 of the same day, three drifting fishermen were rescued.
• At 12:00 on October 7, 2014, the members were turned over to the Indonesian Rescue Coordination Center.

[ Outline of Senshu Maru]

Length	: 283m
Gross tonnage	: 103,022 MT
Crew	: 5 Croatians, 1 Indian, 1 Romanian, 26 Indonesians
Registry	: Japan