The San Aotea II departs Timaru on June 5, 2020, to starts its 50 day return journey to the Falkland Islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean to retrieve a Kiwi fishing crew. A Kiwi couple stranded on the Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic Ocean are hitching a lift home aboard the Timaru-based deep water long liner fishing vessel. The San Aotea II had been in the Falklands since June 30 after 25-day a trip from Timaru aimed at picking retrieving 15 fishermen from another vessel who have had their return home disrupted by Covid-19 restrictions. “For now, the legal process must take its course and we have provided them with a local lawyer to take instruction from them and assist them,” they said. “An incident like this does not represent who we are at Sanford, and we are so very sorry.”

Source: Stuff July 06, 2020 04:52 UTC