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A Panamanian-flagged ship carrying 43 crew members and some 6,000 head of cattle disappeared in the waters off Japan, allegedly affected by Typhoon Maysak. So far, the Japanese Coast Guard has rescued a single survivor. No other details are known at the moment, apart from the discovery of the Filipino man in a life jacket, at sea for a day and a half.
The searches began immediately at the warning signal issued by the ship, in the East China Sea, about 200 km from the Japanese island of Amami Oshima, in the southwest of the archipelago. The 134-meter-long ship, flying the Panamanian flag, has 39 Filipino men on board, two from New Zealand and two Australians, and left the New Zealand city of Napier for Tangshan, China, for a trip that lasted a total of 17 days. There are more than 5,800 head of cattle on board, confirms the Wellington Department of Commerce. The Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said it was closely following the matter through its consulate in the Japanese city of Osaka. Typhoon Maysak, equivalent to a force 4 hurricane, struck the East China Sea with winds exceeding 200 kilometers per hour, resulting in a second typhoon, Haishen, which is expected to strengthen over the weekend and head towards the Kyushu region. in southern Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency has already raised the alert level, defining Haishen as potentially the third most powerful in nearly 70 years.
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