Evergreen's Uni-Pacific Rescues Seven Indonesian Seafarers in Java Sea

News Release Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd. (Head Office) June 21, 2010

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The officers and crew of Evergreen
Line's 1,618-TEU containership UNI-PACIFIC rescued seven Indonesian seafarers
who had fallen into the Java Sea near Jakarta on June 16. 
 
UNI-PACIFIC set sail from Jakarta for
Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepasort, (PTP) Port Klang in Malaysia on the noon of June
16. At about 1600 hours, the on-duty Chief Mate Mr. Y. T. Tai observed that at
some 56 nautical miles from Jakarta's Northeast several people were floating on
a raft and had moved the life buoys calling for help at the port bow of
UNI-PACIFIC. 
 
Mr. Tai immediately notified Captain
P. C. Fan who broadcast to all crew to prepare for the lifesaving effort.
Captain Fan took command on the navigation bridge and positioned the ship the
rescue site in the shortest time to execute the rescue in rough seas with the
potential risk of walruses. Captain Fan launched line-throwing apparatus to save
the initial survivor at 1800 and within less than 15 minutes, UNI-PACIFIC saved
all seven nearly drowned Indonesia seamen safe and sound with no casualties.

 
All were then accommodated on board
the ship headed to PTP as scheduled. Staff at the Indonesian Consulate in
Malaysia assisted in sending them home.
 
This brave action was praised by Indonesian
authorities who also acknowledged that the Evergreen Line crew placed themselves
at risk to save the nearly doomed seafarers. The UNI-PACIFIC crew also received
deep appreciation from those rescued seafarers.
 
“In the true tradition of seafarers the UNI-PACIFIC
crew imagined themselves in the same situation and placed themselves on danger
as well to rescue their seafaring brothers,” said an Evergreen
spokesperson.
 
Evergreen Marine Corporation said that the
Indonesian seamen were the crew of a small cargo ship named NUR MUDERA with
capacity of 59 tons. The stormy seas resulted in the sinking of the smaller
vessel. 
 
The UNI-PACIFIC, Evergreen Line’s P-type vessel,
which provides feeder services to major Southeast Asia ports was on its regular
routing when it fortunately came within view of the disaster and the alert crew
was able to perform the lifesaving mission. 
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