• A Filipino crew member of Gulf Livestock 1, a cargo ship carrying livestock and dozens of crew members that went missing after issuing a distress signal due to Typhoon Maysak, is rescued by Japan Coast Guard crew members to the west of Amami Oshima island in southwestern Japan. Reuters
    A Filipino crew member of Gulf Livestock 1, a cargo ship carrying livestock and dozens of crew members that went missing after issuing a distress signal due to Typhoon Maysak, is rescued by Japan Coast Guard crew members to the west of Amami Oshima island in southwestern Japan. Reuters
  • A Filipino crew member of Gulf Livestock 1 is rescued by Japan Coast Guard crew onboard the vessel Kaimon. Reuters
    A Filipino crew member of Gulf Livestock 1 is rescued by Japan Coast Guard crew onboard the vessel Kaimon. Reuters
  • A Filipino crew member from the missing livestock ship is seen after being rescued by the Japan Coast Guard off the coast of Japan. Reuters
    A Filipino crew member from the missing livestock ship is seen after being rescued by the Japan Coast Guard off the coast of Japan. Reuters
  • A Filipino crew member of Gulf Livestock 1 is rescued by Japan Coast Guard crew onboard the vessel Kaimon. Reuters
    A Filipino crew member of Gulf Livestock 1 is rescued by Japan Coast Guard crew onboard the vessel Kaimon. Reuters
  • A man is being rescued from a life raft by coast guards. AFP
    A man is being rescued from a life raft by coast guards. AFP
  • A Filipino crew member waits to depart the life raft during rescue by Japan Coast Guard crew onto the vessel Kaimon. Reuters
    A Filipino crew member waits to depart the life raft during rescue by Japan Coast Guard crew onto the vessel Kaimon. Reuters
  • A life jacket is found in the rescue site of capsized cattle ship 'Gulf Livestock 1' in the East China Sea. Japan Coast Guard, 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters via Getty Images
    A life jacket is found in the rescue site of capsized cattle ship 'Gulf Livestock 1' in the East China Sea. Japan Coast Guard, 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters via Getty Images
  • Ropes are found in the rescue site of capsized cattle ship 'Gulf Livestock 1' in the East China Sea. Japan Coast Guard, 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters via Getty Images
    Ropes are found in the rescue site of capsized cattle ship 'Gulf Livestock 1' in the East China Sea. Japan Coast Guard, 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters via Getty Images
  • A life boat is found in the rescue site of capsized cattle ship 'Gulf Livestock 1' in the East China Sea. Japan Coast Guard, 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters via Getty Images
    A life boat is found in the rescue site of capsized cattle ship 'Gulf Livestock 1' in the East China Sea. Japan Coast Guard, 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters via Getty Images

Three-day search for missing crew of sunken Dubai-operated ship suspended as Typhoon Haishen hits Japan


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A typhoon has halted the three-day search for the missing crew of a Dubai-operated cargo ship in the East China Sea.

The freighter Gulf Livestock 1 was en route from the port of Napier, New Zealand to Tangshan, China with a crew of 43 men and a cargo of nearly 6,000 cattle when it sunk.

It sent a distress shortly after 1am on Wednesday, a time when the area was battered by rain and winds of 210 km per hour whipped up by Typhoon Maysak.

Japan’s coast guard searched for its missing sailors with a fleet of rescue boats, airplanes and divers from Wednesday night until noon on Saturday when a second typhoon forced the coast guard to suspend the search.

Typhoon Haishen is predicted to be one of the strongest in Japan since records began 70 years ago, with winds of up to 234 km per hour. Meteorologists predicted it could strengthen to the equivalent of a Category 4 hurricane by the end of the week and more than 200,000 people in southern Japan were evacuated from their homes.

  • Typhoon Haishen barreling toward the Okinawa islands in southern Japan on Saturday, prompting warnings about torrential rainfall and fierce wind gusts. AP
    Typhoon Haishen barreling toward the Okinawa islands in southern Japan on Saturday, prompting warnings about torrential rainfall and fierce wind gusts. AP
  • A man takes pictures as he walks along the coast as Typhoon Haishen approaches in Makurazaki, Kagoshima prefecture. AFP
    A man takes pictures as he walks along the coast as Typhoon Haishen approaches in Makurazaki, Kagoshima prefecture. AFP
  • A man takes pictures of the coast as Typhoon Haishen approaches in Makurazaki, Kagoshima prefecture. AFP
    A man takes pictures of the coast as Typhoon Haishen approaches in Makurazaki, Kagoshima prefecture. AFP
  • Waves crash on the coast as Typhoon Haishen approaches in Makurazaki, Kagoshima prefecture. AFP
    Waves crash on the coast as Typhoon Haishen approaches in Makurazaki, Kagoshima prefecture. AFP
  • High waves are generated off the coast of the city of Seogwipo, Jeju Island, South Korea, as Typhoon Haishen approaches the Korean Peninsula. EPA
    High waves are generated off the coast of the city of Seogwipo, Jeju Island, South Korea, as Typhoon Haishen approaches the Korean Peninsula. EPA
  • A fisherman tighten a rope to anchor his fishing boat with his colleague's boats in preparation for powerful typhoon Haishen in Makurazaki, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. EPA
    A fisherman tighten a rope to anchor his fishing boat with his colleague's boats in preparation for powerful typhoon Haishen in Makurazaki, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan. EPA
  • People have dinner in a restaurant before Typhoon Haishen approaches in Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture. AFP
    People have dinner in a restaurant before Typhoon Haishen approaches in Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture. AFP
  • People barricade a house before Typhoon Haishen approaches in Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture. AFP
    People barricade a house before Typhoon Haishen approaches in Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture. AFP
  • A man barricades a pharmacy before Typhoon Haishen approaches in Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture. AFP
    A man barricades a pharmacy before Typhoon Haishen approaches in Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture. AFP
  • A man barricades his hair salon before Typhoon Haishen approaches in Makurazaki, Kagoshima prefecture. AFP
    A man barricades his hair salon before Typhoon Haishen approaches in Makurazaki, Kagoshima prefecture. AFP

Hope of finding survivors from Gulf Livestock 1 has dimmed.

The cargo ship is operated by Dubai-based company Gulf Navigation Holdings, registered in Panama and owned by the Jordanian-based Rahmeh Compania Naviera.

The 18-year-old freighter has a history of mechanical problems.

In late July, the Philippine Navy said it provided assistance to the vessel after it encountered engine trouble off Balut Island in the south of the Philippines.

A December report by Indonesian authorities noted “deficiencies” with the ship’s main propulsion engine, gauges and thermometers.

In May 2019, the vessel was detained for a week by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority for "stability and navigation issues" before it was repaired and allowed to journey to Indonesia.

The ship had a crew of 39 Filipinos, two Australians and two New Zealanders.

Just three crew members were found.

Sareno Edvarodo, a 45-year-old chief officer from the province of Cebu in the Philippines, was found floating at sea in the darkness on Wednesday.

Mr Edvarodo said the 139-metre ship was capsized by a wave after one engine stopped.

On Friday, Japan’s coast guard found a second, unidentified crew member about 120 km northwest of Amami Oshima island. He was unconscious and died hours later.

A search plane found a third crew member, Jay-Nel Rosales, adrift in a life raft.

Rosales, a deck crew from Cebu, was in stable condition and taken to the Kagoshima-ken Kenritsu Ooshima Hospital for a check-up.

"I really hope the others are found," his wife Gina Baulita, told the Washington Post. "We are praying for them, too. God is the only one we can count on."

Tributes have poured in for the missing crew. They included Lukas Orda, a vet from Queensland, Australia who had started the job earlier this year. The young father had a six-month old child and would have turned 26 in November.

The crew’s other Australian was Will Mainprize, a former trekking guide from New South Wales who lived in Tasmania. According to Australian

media, Mr Mainprize took work as a stock handler when the island’s tourism dried up due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The ship’s Filipino captain, Dante Addug, phoned his partner as the freighter filled with water. At age 34, he was believed to be the youngest person from Ifugao province to become a captain in a region known for its seafarers. He is survived by five children under age six.

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