13 missing off Japan after cargo ship, fishing boat collide
01 March, 2020
Greater than a dozen crew members of a cargo ship are missing after it collided with a vessel in waters off northern Japan, a coast guard official said Sunday.
The 1,989-tonne Belize-flagged cargo ship Guoxing 1 was carrying some 3,000 tonnes of iron scrap and rapidly took in water after the hit, Japan Coast Guard spokesman Tomoyuki Hanzawa told AFP.
The collision between your Guoxing 1 and a 138-tonne Japanese vessel happened around 10 pm (1300) GMT Saturday and the cause is unknown, he added.
The Guoxing 1 had a crew of 14 Chinese and Vietnamese nationals, which 13 remain missing and the coast guard is looking for them, Hanzawa said.
One Vietnamese crew member was rescued by a nearby ship, as the 15 Japanese crew members of the vessel are safe.
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