MOSSEL BAY NEWS - A total 15-member crew were successfully rescued off Mossel Bay yesterday afternoon, 12 September, after the offshore supply vessel they were on caught fire and had to be abandoned, according to the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA).
Marshall Island
The offshore supply vessel, named the AM Pride and measuring 66.6 metres long and 16 metres wide, sailing under the flag of Marshall Island, reportedly caught on fire early on Thursday, 48.5 nautical miles south of Mossel Bay, SAMSA noted.
At about 10:30 on Thursday the Maritime Rescue Coordinating Centre (MRCC) at the SAMSA Centre for Sea Watch and Response in Cape Town received a call from the Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (PetroSA), advising that there was a fire aboard the AM Pride.
It was close to Petro SA's FA Platform.
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