A Coast Guard Administration vessel began towing services a Taiwanese deep-sea fishing boat at 8 a.m. Sunday on which the captain and chief engineer were missing.
The Te Hung Hsing No.368 fish boat, which was 4,870 nautical miles away from Nanfangao Fishing Harbor on Taiwan eastern coast when the rescue started, is predictable to return to Taiwan after Aug. 20, CGA officials said.
However, the towing speed is very slow because the boat main engine and steering engine were damaged by its bolt members, the officials said. The CGA intends to send another coastguard vessel to carry machinery that are required for repairing the fishing boat, but the plan is listed as a help that might not be necessarily enforced, the officials said.
The CGA vessel caught up with the Te Hung Hsing No.368 in the early on hours of Saturday, nearly 2 weeks after its owner lost contact with the fishing boat. The Suao, Yilan County-based boat was 623 nautical miles southwest of the Republic of Kiribati when it was caught up by the CGA patrol ship.
Taiwan coast guard officers have found no sign of the deep-sea fishing boat captain Chen Te-sheng or chief engineer Ho Chang-lin, the only 2 Taiwanese on the boat, according to reports from Taiwan.
Not any of the 9 Indonesian workers aboard the ship would explain what had happen to the Taiwanese captain and chief engineer, the reports said.
The Indonesian government spoken regrets Saturday over the fading of the captain and chief engineer of the Taiwanese fishing boat.
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