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China, South Korea and Taiwan are reported to have agreed to assist in the search for the Gulf Livestock 1 ship, which went missing in early September with 43 crew members on board, including two New Zealanders.
The event was reported by CNN, which quotes the Philippine Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III.
Bello said the three countries responded favorably based on the request of the families of 36 Filipino crew members who are still missing at sea.
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The Gulf Livestock 1 that disappeared at sea in early September.
He said aid was not a problem in search and rescue operations, but the report gave no indication of what help the three countries could provide.
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CNN reports that the Philippine government would not send its own coast guard due to logistics concerns in the area and ignorance of the search area.
Gulf Livestock 1, with 5,800 cows on board, disappeared in Japanese waters around Typhoon Maysak, and search efforts were interrupted by a second typhoon.
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New Zealanders Scott Harris (left) and Lochie Bellerby were aboard the Gulf Livestock 1 cattle ship that sank in a typhoon.
The Japanese coast guard has rescued two Filipino survivors and another Filipino crew member who eventually died after being rescued. You have canceled your full-time search.
The two missing New Zealanders are Southlander Lochie Bellerby and Scott Harris.
