Russian rescuers sent on Saturday a tugboat to help a cargo vessel with Russian crew drifting in the Sea of Japan, a rescue source said.
The Mongolian-flagged Real cargo ship has been drifting in the sea after its main engine stopped late on Friday.
"The ship has 19 crew members onboard, all of them Russians. Their lives are not in danger," the source said.
The tugboat is expected to reach the area at approximately 15:00 Moscow time [12:00 GMT] and to tow the vessel to a Far Eastern port.
VLADIVOSTOK, January 30 (RIA Novosti)
