A GENERAL cargo ship en route from New Orleans to Puerto Cortes, Honduras, rescued three Cuban fishermen last Dec. 3, 2023, after their boat malfunctioned and drifted for eight days.

The MV Impala, a vessel owned by Peter Döhle Schiffarts-KG and captained by Filipino ship master Capt. Nilgie Morandarte, reported that while underway to its next port, the ship's second officer George Bontea spotted a wooden boat with the distressed fishermen waving a white flag.

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