The Panama-registered ship, Gulf Livestock 1, was carrying about 5,800 cattle from New Zealand to China when it ran into Typhoon Maysak. The animals on the Gulf Livestock were being shipped to China's dairy industry, Australian Livestock Exporters' Council chief executive Mark Harvey-Sutton told Bloomberg News. Coast guard spokesman Takahiro Yamada said the dead man's body was taken to Amami Oshima. Sareno told the coast guard that one of the ship’s engines stopped running, after which the vessel was hit by waves, capsized and sank. By the time the dead man was spotted Friday, the weather was cloudy, with winds around 20 mph, the coast guard said.

Source: Washington Post September 04, 2020 04:42 UTC