PCG coordinating with Japan Coast Guard in search for missing crew of freighter

September 9, 2020

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) is coordinating with the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) to monitor the situation on the search for missing crew members of  Gulf Livestock 1  a Panamanian-registered freighter where majority of the personnel are Filipinos.

“We are closely monitoring the situation and coordinating with Japan Coast Guard," PCG spokesman Commodore Armando Balilo said on Tuesday.

Balilo said the Japan Coast Guard has alerted nearby countries to help in the ongoing search and rescue operation.

"As of now, what they do is to alert other countries near them to possibly help on the search and rescue operations. That is the protocol," he said.

"The Japan Coast Guard has complete personnel and equipment. They are one of the highly advanced units in the whole world," he added.

The Gulf Livestock 1, sent a distress signal while sailing in stormy condition. One of the two Filipino survivors said the ship sunk off Japan. Robina Asido/DMS