Japan Coast Guard suspends search and rescue operations for sunken cattle ship

The 11,947 tonne cargo ship Gulf Livestock 1 sails through Port Phillip towards the Bass Victoria Strait in Australia, April 6, 2019. Japanese rescuers were searching Thursday, September 3, 2020 for the cattle boat carrying 42 crew members and 5,800 cows that a survivor said sank during bad weather a day earlier off an island in southern Japan, according to the coast guard. | AP Photo / Graham Flett

MANILA, Philippines – The Japanese Coast Guard temporarily suspended search and rescue operations for the crew members of the Panamanian-flagged cattle ship Gulf Livestock 1 that sank off Japan as Typhoon 10, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Kristine (international name : Haishen). is closing in on Japan, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Saturday.

“The DFA, through the Embassy of the Philippines in Tokyo and the Consulate General of the Philippines in Osaka, reports that in light of the anticipated arrival of Typhoon 10 in Japan, the Japanese Coast Guard has temporarily suspended its search and rescue operations “the foreign affairs department said in a bulletin.

Meanwhile, the DFA added that the two Filipino crew members who were rescued from the sunken ship have been in contact with their families.

The foreign affairs department also said that the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo, the Philippine Consulate General in Osaka, and the Philippine Overseas Labor Office continue to monitor and coordinate the situation with the Japanese Coast Guard, the shipowner and the Philippine crew agency.

Two Filipino crew members, identified as Eduardo Sareno and Jay-nel Rosales, were rescued from the ship, which was carrying a crew of 39 Filipinos, two New Zealanders and two Australians.

The ship, which was traveling from Napier, New Zealand, to the Chinese port of Tangshan, capsized off the west coast of Japan when Typhoon Maysak passed through the area.

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