MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1992
CAPTAINS AND CREW PRAISED FOR HELP IN SEA PERILS
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PRAISED LTD AND VALUABLE THIS
THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR TONY MILLER, TODAY (MONDAY} THE CAPTAINS AND CREW OF THE HONG KONG SALVAGE AND TOWAGE CO THE BRITISH CARGO SHIP "RIZCUN
FOR THEIR ENTERPRISE" ASSISTANCE IN THREE MAJOR EMERGENCIES EAST OF HONG KONG IN APRIL YEAR.
MR MILLER THE HONG AND THE MANAGING OF THE SHIPMANAGER
IN A CEREMONY AT THE MARINE DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, PRESENTED COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUES TO THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF
MR ALAN KONG SALVAGE AND TOWAGE CO LTD,
CURTIS, UNITED SHIP DIRECTOR OF THE
MANAGEMENT LTD, BRITISH CARGO SHIP, MR SAMARENDRA BANERJEE,
OFFICERS
AND HIS
AND MR MILLER THANKED MR CURTIS
CREW FOR SHIPS INVOLVED THEIR EXPERTISE AND PROFESSIONALISM IN SALVAGING FOUR
BY THE MARITIME RESCUE IN THE THREE EMERGENCY RESCUES CO-ORDINATED CO-ORDINATION CENTRE (MRCC) OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT.
CARGO SHIP
AT
MR MILLER ALSO THANKED THE CAPTAIN AND CREW OF THE "RIZCUN ENTERPRISE" FOR "UPHOLDING THE TRADITIONAL CODE OF CONDUCT SEA IN ASSISTING ALL THOSE IN PERIL".
ON APRIL 18, THE 11,000-TONNE RUSSIAN CARGO VESSEL "PSKOV" ON FIRE 150 MILES EAST OF HONG KONG.
WAS
TUGS OF HONG KONG SALVAGE RUSHED TO THE FIRE AND TOWED THE VESSEL SAFELY BACK TO HONG KONG LIFE OR INJURIES.
SCENE, CONTAINED
THE
WITH NO LOSS OF
TWO DAYS
LATER,
THE
30,000-TONNE TANKER
AN "SEASTAR" HAD MEMBERS WERE KILLED
EXPLOSION 275 MILES EAST OF HONG KONG. TWO CREW IN THE INCIDENT.
VICINITY
THE BRITISH CARGO SHIP "RIZCUN ENTERPRISE" WAS IN THE AND SUCCESSFULLY RESCUED 26 SURVIVORS FROM THE LIFEBOAT OF THE TANKER.
HONG KONG SALVAGE TUGS ALSO SPED TO THE SCENE, FOUGHT THE AND TOWED THE "SEASTAR" BACK TO HONG KONG.
FIRE
HONG
ON APRIL 29, A MAJOR COLLISION OCCURRED 180 MILES EAST OF
VESSEL “INCHON GLORY" AND GERMAN KONG BETWEEN THE GREEK CONTAINER PASSENGER SHIP "EUROPA" WITH 771 PASSENGERS AND CREW ON BOARD.
ONLY ONE CREW MEMBER WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED.
ΤΟ TAIWAN
TUGS FROM THE HONG KONG SALVAGE TOWED THE "EUROPA" AND, AFTER STEMMING THE FLOODING, KEEPING THE HOLDS FREE OF WATER PATCHING UP CRACKS, TOWED THE CONTAINER VESSEL "INCHON GLORY" TO KONG.
AND
HONG
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