Nigerian Forces Rescue 350 Passengers, Ship

Sun., Oct. 29, 1995

Compiled From Wire Services

West African peacekeeping forces rescued 350 passengers and saved a Nigerian cargo vessel from sinking off the coast of Liberia on Saturday.

The ship, MV Joycy-4, was towed to the Buchanan shipping yard by a Nigerian gunboat that rushed to the scene. About 150 other people had already been rescued by fishing boats.

The ship developed mechanical problems off the coast of Buchanan, 60 miles southeast of Monrovia, on Oct. 16, the first day of its planned voyage to Ghana and Nigeria.

Most of the ship’s passengers were merchants from Liberia, Ghana and Sierra Leone, and the ship was loaded with tons of mechanical equipment, scrap metal and merchant goods.

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