HAI SOON 26

scrapped

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Beached

Beached at Chittagong 17.08.22

arrived Chittagong Anchorage

arrived Chittagong Anchorage 11.08.22

Tanker rescued 18 fishermen

The US Coast Guard coordinated the rescue of 18 Ecuadorians after their 72-foot fishing vessel sank approximately 350 miles north of the Galapagos Islands on Dec 4, 2020. Eleventh Coast Guard District watchstanders received an alert from an emergency position-indicating radio beacon from an unknown vessel north of the Galapagos Islands at 4:30 a.m. District watchstanders requested aerial support and notified Ecuador who began to investigate the EPIRB’s registration. Using the Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System (AMVER), the Coast Guard watchstanders issued a request for assistance and the 'Hai Soon 26’, which was located 80 miles north of the alert location, responded that they were willing to divert and assist the distressed mariners. Ecuadorian personnel determined the vessel in distress was the fishing vessel 'Romeo' which was taking on water with 18 people aboard. The support aircraft arrived on scene at approximately 11 a.m., located the capsized vessel and life raft and shortly thereafter, vectored in the 'Hai Soon 26' to the location of the distressed mariners. The tanker, enroute to Balboa, arrived on scene at 12:26 p.m. and retrieved the 18 Ecuadorian nationals, five people from a life raft and 13 people from the sinking fishing boat. No medical concerns were reported. The castaways were scheduled to disembark from the tanker in Balboa on Dec 8. The Coast Guard will work with the Ecuadorian state department to repatriate the fishermen.