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Another accident involving a Japanese ship; three sailors went missing
Author:Mariusz Dasiewicz
On Thursday, a Japanese transport carrier "Biakko" collided with a small tanker registered in the Marshall Islands. As a result of the collision, the Japanese ship collapsed. Of the 12 crew members, 9 were rescued, the fate of three is unknown," NHK said.
The collision occurred near Sikoku Island, the smallest of Japan's four major islands, in the waters of the Internal Sea.
The 13-member tanker crew, consisting of South Korean and Myanmar nationals, came out of the collision unharmed.
This is another accident at the banks of Japan in just a few days. On Wednesday morning, a collision between the Russian trawler "Amur" and the Japanese boat "Hokka-Maru 8" occurred near the port town of Monbetsu-shi (Hokkaido Island) in the Ochocki Sea. After the event, two members of the five-man crew of the Japanese unit were taken out, which fell over. Three Japanese lost their lives.
The incident occurred in the Ochocki Sea in the Japanese economic zone. The Russian trawler was then towed to the port of Monbetsu. He can't leave him until the investigation is completed.
Source: PAP
