Tag: Hung Shun 1

• Tuesday, March 6th 2018 - 09:10 UTC

  Drifting jigger towed outside the Falklands' Conservation zone

  

  The Taiwanese jigger Hung Shun 1 which on 24 February caught fire to the north of the Falkland Islands capital Stanley, last Sunday was towed outside the Islands Conservation zone. When the incident took place last month all 58 crew members were swiftly and safely evacuated to another fishing vessel Lung Soon Fa 1, which was in the area at that time.

• Wednesday, February 28th 2018 - 07:14 UTC

  All crew members of Taiwanese jigger which caught fire are rescued in the South Atlantic

  

  The government of the Falkland Islands has reported that all crew members of a Taiwanese jigger which caught fire in the South Atlantic have been rescued and should be arriving in Montevideo in the coming days.