Container ship EVER LIFTING contacted Uruguay MRCC in the afternoon of August 29, 2021, according to FleetMon.

It stated: “Container ship EVER LIFTING contacted Uruguay MRCC in the afternoon Aug 29 and reported a man overboard, some 12 nm south of Pirapolis Uruguay, east of Montevideo.

“SAR was launched with the deployment of the helicopter, boats from nearby ports including Navy minesweeper, and EVER LIFTING. Understood lost crew wasn’t found, but as of morning August 30, a search was still underway. EVER LIFTING berthed at Montevideo, her scheduled port of call, late Aug 29, she arrived from Itajai Brazil.”