Hyundai Glovis car carrier listing off coast of U.S. state of Georgia

Hyundai Glovis

09/09/2019 02:25

SEOUL, Sept 9 (Reuters) - A South Korean cargo vessel
carrying 4,000 cars bound for the Middle East listed heavily on
Sunday off the coast of the southern U.S. state of Georgia, an
official of operator Hyundai Glovis  082680.KS  said. 
    Efforts are underway to rescue four crew members believed to
be inside the vessel, the company and South Korea's foreign
ministry said.
    The cars on the ship represented marques such as Hyundai
Motor and Kia Motors, added the company official, who asked not
to be identified because of the sensitivity of the matter.
    The U.S. Coast Guard said the ship, the Golden Ray, capsized
in the St. Simonds Sound. A pilot and 23 crew were aboard when
it overturned, but only 20 had been rescued, the agency said on
Sunday afternoon.
    The Vessel Finder website said the ship had recently called
at the Port of Brunswick and was headed to Baltimore. The
carrier was built in 2017 and was sailing under the flag of the
Marshall Islands, the website added.

 (Reporting by Ju-min Park; Additional reporting by Sharon
Bernstein in SAN FRANCISCO; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
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