A coastguard helicopter has airlifted all 14 crew members from a general cargoship that ran aground off Taiwan in a typhoon.
The 5,600-dwt Panama-flagged Fortune (built 1999) got stuck off Jibei island in the Penghu archipelago on Sunday, Taiwan English News reported.
The incident has been blamed on mechanical failure, the report said.
Video footage released by Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration (CGA) shows the vessel rolling in heavy seas.
Distress call issued
The CGA's Magong Signal Station received a distress call from the crew of the Fortune on the morning of 17 October.
The cargoship reported power had been lost and the vessel was adrift seven nautical miles (13 km) north-east of Jibei.
The CGA sent three patrol boats and an aircraft to the ship's position, but strong winds forced them all to turn back.
The seafarers then attempted to anchor the ship, but strong winds and swells kept the Fortune adrift until it eventually ran aground on a shoal at the northern end of the island.
Helicopter succeeds with rescue
The CGA then dispatched a helicopter to rescue the crew in two batches in the afternoon.
The seafarers were flown to Penghu Airport and sent to hospital for Covid-19 PCR tests.
The cargo vessel was en route from Fuzhou in China.
The vessel is owned by Far Prosperity of Hong Kong, which could not be contacted.
The Fortune failed a port-state-control inspection in China in August 2020 with 14 deficiencies.
Grounds for detention included problems with rescue boats and the main engine.
