3 Sep 2020

Search continues for missing NZ livestock carrier

From Lately, 10:18 pm on 3 September 2020

The search and rescue operation continues in the East China Sea for the missing Gulf Livestock 1 ship with 43 crew including two New Zealanders and a cargo of 5,800 live cattle.

Japan's Coastguard says one crew member who has been rescued told them the ship's engine failed and it was hit by a wave and capsized.

Karyn speaks with Australian vet Lynn Simpson who has done 57 voyages on livestock ships.

Japan Coast Guard Patrol Ship Kudaka conducts a search operation of a Panamanian freighter Gulf Livestock 1 which sent a distress signal off of Amami Oshima in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sep. 3, 2020.

Photo: AFP