Neptune

Sold for an undisclosed price to Raffles Ship Management

sold en Bloc with Maple Amethyst to Greeks buyer 18,5 million USD

On Aug 12, 2012, in the morning the NSRI Table Bay and NSRI Mykonos (Saldanha) volunteer rescue duty crews were placed on alert by the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) following reports that the Chinese captain of the "Maple Crystal" was suffering from suspected appendicitis and needed to be medically evacuated from his ship. The ship was 20 miles offshore of Saldanha Bay heading towards its next port of call at Durban and was due to pass Cape Town. A Western Cape Government Health Emergency Medical Services (EMS) paramedical rescue team were also placed on alert. After it was decided that the closest rendezvous point would be off Cape Town our NSRI Table Bay volunteer sea rescue duty crew launched our sea rescue craft Spirit of Vodacom at 12.35 a.m., accompanied by two EMS rescue paramedics, and rendezvoused with the ship 13 nautical miles north west of Mouille Point Lighthouse in rough 4 to 5 metre swells. On arrival an EMS rescue paramedic and a NSRI rescuer were put on board the ship to stabilise the patient, who was then transferred to the sea rescue craft in a satisfactory condition and taken to the Port of Cape Town where an ambulance was waiting to transfer him to the Christiaan Barnard Hospital for further medical assessment. Report with photo: http://www.nsri.org.za/2012/08/table-bay-ill-sailor-casualty-evacuated/