In 1977, under the command of Captain Keith Beverley, she came upon the 70' cabin-cruiser LOREB adrift in the Indian Ocean on passage from Durban, South Africa, to Mombasa, Kenya. Her engineers helped to overhaul the cruiser's engine and supplied the three-man crew with lubes and fuel, food and drink. LOREB completed her voyage to Mombasa.
In 1984, under the command of Captain Cy Thomas, on passage from Singapore to Bangkok, MOBIL MARKETER rescued 27 Vietnamese boat people. They had been adrift for 17 days and had run out of food and water. Young babies were hauled up the side of the ship in mail bags. All the boat people were safely landed in Bangkok with the help of the United Nations' Commission for Refugees.
