On her final voyage,
Gulf Livestock 1 was carrying a cargo of 5,867 live cattle, and was owned by the
UAE-based Gulf Navigation Holding shipping company. The ship sent a distress signal from the
East China Sea west of the Japanese island of
Amami Ōshima on 2 September 2020 at 1:40 am
JST (4:40 pm 1 September
UTC). The first survivor recovered reported that the ship's sole main propulsion engine failed during rough seas caused by
Typhoon Maysak, and the vessel later capsized after being struck by a wave. Before the ship capsized, the 34-year old Filipino ship captain was also able to tell his wife via instant messages that the worsening of the typhoon had caused the ship's engine to fail. There were 43 crew members on board, 39 from the
Philippines, two from
New Zealand and two from
Australia. A second survivor, a 30-year-old Filipino deckhand in a life raft, was rescued on the afternoon of 4 September just after 4:00pm. On 9 September, the Coast Guard suspended the search for survivors. The tragedy led New Zealand to reconsider the exports of livestock by sea. ==References==