FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The container ship MSC Hermes III, which was abandoned by its crew in the South China Sea on 22 September, appears to be under tow towards Vietnam, according to AIS tracking data. The vessel issued a distress call at around 08:45 Singapore time on September 22, which was subsequently relayed by the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA). The ship’s 25 crew members abandoned the vessel and boarded a lifeboat after the incident. RelatedNews IMO moves lashing software into cargo-securing guidance Xeneta: Container freight rates set to climb in early October var jnews_module_21383084_0_6aba463d7174e = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21383084","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"2969,219","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab":"","google_publisher_id":"","google_slot_id":"","googl