On November 5th, 2025, at approximately 0030 hours, the Taiwan-flagged fishing vessel "YONG SHENG No.2" (hereinafter referred to as “the Vessel”), Registration No. CT7-0348, IMO No.8985359, with a gross tonnage of 732 and carrying 16 persons on board (including one Taiwanese captain, one Taiwanese chief engineer, and 14 foreign crew members), was drifting approximately 57 nautical miles southeast of the Hong Kong anchorage. While the Vessel was drifting, the chief engineer and a crew member were conducting maintenance on an electrical distribution panel in the stairway leading from the aft deck to the engine room. The chief engineer fell from the upper part of the stairway into the engine room and lost consciousness. The master and several crew members immediately administered first aid. Subsequently, a helicopter dispatched by the Hong Kong Government rescue authorities transported the injured person ashore, where he was later pronounced deceased despite emergency medical treatment. The occurrence did not result in any damage to the Vessel or cause environmental pollution.

The Taiwan Transportation Safety Board (TTSB) classified the event as a major marine occurrence per the Transportation Occurrence Investigation Act and referenced the Casualty Investigation Code of the International Maritime Organization (IMO). The Investigator-In-Charge was assigned, and an investigation team was launched to conduct the investigation.

Further information on the progress of the occurrence investigation will be published on the TTSB website.

Ya-Ting Chang, Director

Secretary Office

Tel: +886-2-7727-6210

E-mail: yating@ttsb.gov.tw

Michael Guan, Investigator-In-Charge

Marine Occurrence Investigation Division

Tel: +886-2-7727-6246

E-mail: willis@ttsb.gov.tw