Cargo ship HONG YUN DA 58 has issued distress signal and reported sinking due to water ingress, on Nov ember 17, 2021, according to FleetMon.

It stated: “Cargo ship HONG YUN DA 58 issued distress signal and reported sinking due to water ingress, at around 0100 Beijing time Nov 17 some 2 nm off southern coast of Nangan island, Matsu islands, southern East China sea, east of Fuzhou.

“At 0130 Master reported that the ship is sinking, 11 crew abandoning the ship into life rafts. Joint Taiwan-China SAR operation was launched, with deployment of SAR ships. By 0540, all 11 crew were rescued, 2 by Taiwanese SAR, 9 by Chinese SAR, all are safe. They’ve been already transported to Fuzhou.”