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Vietnam’s forces save Panamanian ship in distress near Truong Sa archipelago

The fisheries resources surveillance and naval forces of Vietnam are working to rescue Panama-flagged Vessel Pacific 07 which encountered a breakdown while passing the waters of Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, according to the Naval Region 4 Command.
Vietnam’s forces save Panamanian ship in distress near Truong Sa archipelago ảnh 1Panamanian vessel Pacific 07 (right) is being tugged to a location near Song Tu Tay Island for repair. (Source: VNA)
Khanh Hoa (VNA) – The fisheriesresources surveillance and naval forces of Vietnam are working to rescue Panama-flaggedVessel Pacific 07 which encountered a breakdown while passing the waters ofVietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago, according to the Naval Region 4 Command.

All the three generators of the ship brokedown while the main engine was unable to be activated when it came to an area about30 nautical miles east of Song Tu Tay Island, part of Khanh Hoa province’sTruong Sa island district.

On its way from Hong Hong (China) toIndonesia, the ship with 19 of its crew members being Vietnamese sent a distresssignal after efforts to fix the problem failed and it faced the risk of beingstranded.

At 5:30pm on March 17, Vessel KN 464of Fisheries Resources Surveillance Team No. 4 was ordered to go to savePacific 07. It found and approached this ship at around 1:30am on March 18.

After that, the Naval Region 4Command deployed Vessel 905 which was performing duties in the waters of SongTu Tay Island to move to the scene and join Vessel KN 464 in therescue operation.

On March 18, the two rescue vesselsmanaged to tow Pacific 07 out of the site it might be stranded at. Vessel 905 istugging the Panamanian ship to a location near Song Tu Tay for repair./.
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