Livestock export trade in question after cattle ship capsizes in storm
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Tokyo/Wellington — More than 40 crew members were missing after a ship carrying cattle from New Zealand to China capsized in stormy weather in the East China Sea, the Japanese coastguard said.
A lone crew member from the Gulf Livestock 1 had been rescued so far. Three vessels, four planes and two divers were taking part in the search, the coastguard said.
The ship, with a cargo of nearly 6,000 cattle, sent a distress call from the West of Amami Oshima island in southwestern Japan on Wednesday as Typhoon Maysak lashed the area with strong winds and heavy seas.
Sareno Edvarodo, a 45-year-old chief officer from the Philippines, was rescued on Wednesday night, Japan’s coastguard said. By Thursday evening, he was still the only person rescued so far, a coastguard official said, adding the carcasses of some cattle had been recovered.
The crew of 43 was made up of 39 people from the Philippines, two from New Zealand, and two from Australia, the coastguard said.
According to Edvarodo, the ship lost an engine before it was hit by a wave and capsized, a coastguard spokesperson said.
When the ship capsized, crew were instructed to put on life jackets. Edvarodo told the coastguard he jumped into the water and did not see any other crew members before he was rescued.
Pictures provided by the coastguard showed a person in a life jacket being hauled from choppy seas in darkness.
The Philippines government said it was co-ordinating with the Japanese coastguard in the search.
Typhoon Maysak made landfall in South Korea on Thursday, bringing lashing winds, and at least two people were killed in the southern city of Busan. Another storm, Typhoon Haishen, was brewing south of Japan and is expected to hit the Korean coast on Sunday or Monday.
The Gulf Livestock 1 departed Napier in New Zealand on August 14 with a cargo of 5,867 cattle bound for the Port of Jingtang in Tangshan, China. The journey was expected to take about 17 days, New Zealand foreign ministry officials said.
The 139m Panamanian-flagged vessel was built in 2002 and the registered owner is Amman-based Rahmeh Compania Naviera, according to Refinitiv Eikon data. The ship manager is Hijazi & Ghosheh.
The young cows were exported by Australia-headquartered Australasian Global Exports (AGE), which specialises in live animal exports and owns quarantine facilities in China.
New Zealand animal rights organisation SAFE said the ...
A lone crew member from the Gulf Livestock 1 had been rescued so far. Three vessels, four planes and two divers were taking part in the search, the coastguard said.
The ship, with a cargo of nearly 6,000 cattle, sent a distress call from the West of Amami Oshima island in southwestern Japan on Wednesday as Typhoon Maysak lashed the area with strong winds and heavy seas.
Sareno Edvarodo, a 45-year-old chief officer from the Philippines, was rescued on Wednesday night, Japan’s coastguard said. By Thursday evening, he was still the only person rescued so far, a coastguard official said, adding the carcasses of some cattle had been recovered.
The crew of 43 was made up of 39 people from the Philippines, two from New Zealand, and two from Australia, the coastguard said.
According to Edvarodo, the ship lost an engine before it was hit by a wave and capsized, a coastguard spokesperson said.
When the ship capsized, crew were instructed to put on life jackets. Edvarodo told the coastguard he jumped into the water and did not see any other crew members before he was rescued.
Pictures provided by the coastguard showed a person in a life jacket being hauled from choppy seas in darkness.
The Philippines government said it was co-ordinating with the Japanese coastguard in the search.
Typhoon Maysak made landfall in South Korea on Thursday, bringing lashing winds, and at least two people were killed in the southern city of Busan. Another storm, Typhoon Haishen, was brewing south of Japan and is expected to hit the Korean coast on Sunday or Monday.
The Gulf Livestock 1 departed Napier in New Zealand on August 14 with a cargo of 5,867 cattle bound for the Port of Jingtang in Tangshan, China. The journey was expected to take about 17 days, New Zealand foreign ministry officials said.
The 139m Panamanian-flagged vessel was built in 2002 and the registered owner is Amman-based Rahmeh Compania Naviera, according to Refinitiv Eikon data. The ship manager is Hijazi & Ghosheh.
The young cows were exported by Australia-headquartered Australasian Global Exports (AGE), which specialises in live animal exports and owns quarantine facilities in China.
New Zealand animal rights organisation SAFE said the ...