The South African Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) says a salvage operation at sea south of Cape Town has begun on Friday to recover a stricken fishing vessel that caught on fire.
Late on Friday, SAMSA said the vessel had since been sighted by another ship, the F/V Langenberg at a point where it was some 3.5 nautical miles from the abandoned fishing vessel, in an approximate position 34 11.8 S018 19.8 E from the Coast South of Scarborough.
salvage operation is under way to recover a stricken fishing vessel that caught fire south of Cape Town .Samsa said the crewmen were safely brought onto dry land early on Friday after a frantic effort involving no less than three ships which had responded to a mayday call by the Maritime Rescue Co-ordinating Centre based in Cape Town.It said e
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