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On May 15, 2024, the 'CMA CGMA Rivoli' rescued five Indonesian fishermen from Pangkalan Brandan, Langkat, who were stranded at sea after an unknown container ship collided with their fishing boat in the Malacca Strait at around 9 a.m. They were adrift at sea for more than 10 hours before being rescued. The fishing boat was anchored while fishing in the Malacca Strait. The fishermen immediately jumped into the water to save their lives. At 7 p.m. LT, the 'CMA CGM Rivoli', en route from Singapore to Dukirk, located four fishermen floating on a piece of wood from their destroyed fishing boat. The fifth fisherman was rescued at a different location by fishermen from Langkat. Bad weather with thick fog is believed to have caused the collision between the fishing boat and the vessel. The visibility was less than five meters, which made it difficult for the fishermen to spot the approaching vessel, which had failed to sound the horn. On the evening of May 17, the four fishermenaboard the 'CMA CGM Rivoli' were trnsferred onto the 'Pekar' of the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency(APMM) Pekar boat. One of them had a broken arm with other injuries and was rushed to Malaysian Hospital. Subsequently, the Indonesian Consulate General Protection Team from Penang came to Perak to facilitate the fishermen. After recovery, on May 27, the four fishermen departed from Penang for their homeland, Pangkalan Brandan, Langkat, with the assistance of the Indonesian Consulate General Protection Team. Before flying from the Kuala Namu Airport to their home, the fishermen were invited to the Wisma Indonesia Penang, a foreign consulate in George Town, Malaysia.

The 'CMA CGM Rivoli' is heading to Dunkirk carrying 26 migrants who had fled from Libya with an ETA as of March 13. The migrants left the city of Benghazi on March 3 in a rubber boat. Two days later they contacted Alarm Phone saying they were adrift in international waters. Both the Italian and Maltese coast guards refused Alarm Phone’s requests to take responsibility for rescuing the migrants, instead telling the NGO to contact Libyan authorities. On March 6, Alarm Phone learned that the migrants had been rescued by the 'CMA CGM Rivoli' which had located them en route from Singapore.

A migrant boat with 26 people on board borke down off the coast of Libya and was at the mercy of the waves on March 5, 2022. The NGO Alarm Phone asked the authorities to coordinate rescue efforts. The luxury yacht 'Quantum Blue', the cruise ship 'MSC Magnifica' and CMA CGM Rivoli' were located close to the incident site. The container ship, en route from Singapur to Dunkirk, finally rescued the migrants.