On August 8, the Government's Electronic Information Portal reported that the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center had directed the emergency rescue force to rescue all 20 crew members of the GT Unity oil tanker (Vietnamese nationality, with a carrying capacity of 7,631 tons) on fire.
According to the incident, at 11:52 on August 8, the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center received information from the Androusa ship ( like Myanmar) and Cospas-Sarsat about the GT Unity ship ( like Vietnamese nationality, with a load capacity of 7631 tons) burning down a power warehouse at location 07-09N; 107-29E (about 104 nautical miles south-southeast of Con Dao, about 191 nautical miles south-southeast of Vung Tau).
Immediately after receiving the information, the Center immediately contacted the Androusa ship directly, asking the ship to return to the scene to support the ship in distress.
The Androusa returned to the scene and contacted the GT UNITY crew via VHF.
According to information exploitation, the Vietnamese GT Unity ship carrying 3872 tons of FO crude oil on its journey from Malaysia to Dung Quat; 16/20 crew members on the ship have left the ship.
Weather in the Southwest wind area is level 3.
At the Central Command, Director of the Vietnam Maritime and Waterway Administration Le Do Muoi directly directed search and rescue activities.
In particular, it is required to issue maritime notices, urgently mobilize search and rescue vehicles, notify the Navy, Coast Guard and related forces to coordinate search and rescue; contact the Androusa ship to request back support for the distressed ship.
At 1:45 p.m., the SAR 413 ship was dispatched from Vung Tau to the scene to rescue the GT Unity ship and reported to the Office of the National Civil Defense Steering Committee.
Currently, the Forward Command has been established at the Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center Region III in Vung Tau.
The center has asked the ship owner to be willing to hire a means of supporting and extinguishing the GT Unity ship and requested that the ships that are stationary at the drilling rig near the accident site participate in the rescue.
At the same time, the SAR 413 ship was urgently dispatched to the scene to bring the injured crew members to shore, especially one crew member injured in critical condition.
The Androusa approached the distressed ship and rescued all 20 crew members of the burning GT Unity ship.
Director of the Vietnam Maritime and Waterway Administration Le Do Muoi has decided to award a certificate of merit to promptly recognize and commend the brave and responsible actions of the captain and crew of the Androusa ship in this incident.
