日本邮船旗下汽车船营救四名科考人员

　　本网讯 4月6日，日本邮船旗下的“Heijin”号汽车船在波多黎各附近海域成功营救四名遇险科考人员，其中包括一名奥运金牌得主。

图为救援现场

 

　　4月4日“Heijin”号从纽瓦克港出发驶向波多黎各的圣胡安。当地时间4月6日上午7点28分，“Heijin”号收到美国海岸警卫队(USCG)的报告称在其附近海域发现三个求救信号，附近一艘船舶可能已经倾覆，船上人员遇险。

 

　　美国海岸警卫队请求“Heijin”号展开救援行动，并且在“Heijin”号前往失事地点途中与其保持密切联系。17点45分海面上出现了闪光信号，随后在18点左右一艘救生艇被发现。“Heijin”号随即火速赶往现场，一小时后将救生艇内四名科考人员成功营救上船，四人当时健康状况良好。

 

　　营救行动结束后，“Heijin”号继续驶向圣胡安，并在当地将四人转交至美国海岸警卫队。

 

　　四人遇险时正在塞内加尔至迈阿密的航行途中，该航行是一个由加拿大野生动物协会资助的科学考察项目的一部分。

 

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　　关于“Heijin”号

　　船长：A.A. Masud

　　船籍：巴拿马

　　船队成员：24人(含船长)，来自印度、孟加拉、越南和菲律宾

　　总吨位：47,641吨

　　船型：汽车船

　　船舶管理：NYK Shipmanagement Pte. Ltd.公司

 

 

　　关于日本邮船：

　　日本邮船株式会社是全球最顶尖的运输公司之一。截止至2012年3月底，日本邮船集团运营着838条海运轮船，并拥有一定数量的飞机、火车和卡车。公司的船队包括129条集装箱船(包括半集装箱船等)和19条重载船/常规船、354条散货船、56条木片运输船、121条车辆运输船、85艘油轮、28条液化天然气运输船、3艘游轮以及43艘其他类型船舶。2011财政年度，日邮获得了230亿美元的收入，并在全球拥有大约5万5千名雇员。日邮总部位于东京，并在伦敦、纽约、新加坡、香港、上海、悉尼和圣保罗均开设了区域性总部。

 

 

 

 

 

 

　　NYK Car Carrier Rescues Four Rowers in the Atlantic

 

　　On April 6, NYK car carrier Heijin rescued four rowers, including a gold medal Olympian, in distress off the coast of Puerto Rico.

 

　　Heijin had departed from the U.S. port of Newark on April 4 for San Juan, Puerto Rico. At 7:28 a.m. local time on April 6, the vessel received a call from the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) indicating that three separate distress beacons had been activated near Heijin’s location and a nearby craft may have overturned or capsized, leaving those on board in distress.

 

　　The USCG requested Heijin to conduct a rescue operation, and close communication was maintained as Heijin rushed toward the beacons. A hand flare was sighted at 17:45 p.m., and around 18:00 p.m. a life raft was spotted. Heijin maneuvered toward it, and over the next hour the four rowers inside, all in good health, were lifted from life raft to the car carrier. 

 

　　After the rescue operation, Heijin resumed its voyage to San Juan, where the four rowers were handed over to USCG officials. 

 

　　The rowers had been rowing from Senegal to Miami as part of a scientific project sponsored by the Canadian Wildlife Federation.

 

　　-- About Heijin

　　Captain: A.A. Masud 

　　Flag: Panama 

　　Crew: 24 (including the captain) from India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, and the Philippines

　　Gross Tonnage: 47,641 tons 

　　Type of vessel: Car Carrier  

　　Ship-management: NYK Shipmanagement Pte. Ltd.

 

　　About NYK 

　　Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha is one of the world's leading transportation companies. At the end of March 2012, the NYK Group was operating 838 major ocean vessels, as well as fleets of planes, trains, and trucks. The company's shipping fleet includes 354 bulk carriers, 129 containerships (including semi-containerships), 121 car carriers, 85 tankers, 56 wood-chip carriers, 28 LNG carriers, 19 heavy-load carriers / conventional ships, three cruise ships, and 43 other ships. NYK's revenue in fiscal 2011 was about $23 billion, and as a group NYK employs about 55,000 people worldwide. NYK is based in Tokyo and has regional headquarters in London, New York, Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney, and Sao Paulo.