Hoegh joins MH370 search -Tradewindsnews.com
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Here's a full report on the press conference with the Norwegian ship's owners:
The owner of a Norwegian car carrier said it planned to search through the night for two large objects sighted off Australia that could be debris from a missing Malaysian jetliner, despite the official search being suspended because it was too dark.
The Hoegh St. Petersburg was the first ship to arrive in the area where the two objects were spotted by satellite four days ago in one of the remotest parts of the globe, around 2,500 km (1,500 miles) southwest of Perth.
"We will continue searching during the night at reduced speed and with all spotlights available, and we will increase the speed again when the light comes back (around 2300 GMT)."
Ingar Skiaker, Chief Executive of Hoegh Autoliners, told a news conference in Oslo.
"We have not had any report of any finds, but if or when they find something... the captain will report to the Australian authorities first," he said.
Hoegh Autoliners said as far as they knew theirs was still the only ship in the area in the southern Indian Ocean, with other ships on their way and expected to arrive tomorrow.
The Hoegh St. Petersburg would stay to help in the search for as long as it was needed, a company spokesman said.
"We are thinking about those who are waiting for news. We are thinking of the relatives," Skiaker said.
The car carrier was on its way from Madagascar to Melbourne when it got a request from Australian authorities to assist in looking for the objects.
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