MOL Containership Rescues Castaways
- All four survivors rescued off Brazil, South Atlantic Ocean -

November 02, 2015

TOKYO-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Junichiro Ikeda) today announced that on October 23, 2015, the MOL-operated containership MOL Growth safely rescued all four survivors 55 km offshore of Brazil.

Details of the rescue follow:

• At 11:01 (all times in local time) on October 23, 2015, the MOL Growth, sailing from the Port of Santos, Brazil, to Port of Itaguai, Brazil, received a request for assistance from Brazilian Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre and immediately changed course to approach the castaways, and started rescue operations.
• At 12:28 of the same day, the four survivors were safely rescued.
• At 19:26 of the same day, the survivors were turned over to the authority at Port of Itaguai.

[ Outline of MOL Growth ]

LOA	: 275m
Gross Tonnage	: 59,307 MT
Crew	: 23 (Estonian, Russian, Ukrainian and others)
Registry	: Hong Kong