Cargo ship snaps in two off Japan’s coast, 21 crew members rescued
A cargo ship ran aground and broke into two off northern Japan, the coast guard mentioned Thursday, with the crew of the Panama-flagged vessel taken to security. Aerial photographs confirmed the separated stern of the Crimson Polaris tipped upwards and the opposite a part of the stricken boat itemizing into the ocean.
A gas leak from the ship has unfold round 15 miles, a coastguard spokesman informed AFP, however the extent of any environmental affect was unclear.
“Crimson Polaris ran aground in Hachinohe port in Aomori,” mentioned the spokesman, who declined to be named.
“All of the 21 crew members — Chinese language and Filipino — have been rescued safely,” he mentioned.
The 39,910-ton vessel was carrying wooden chips when it ran aground, Reuters reported.
Three patrol boats and three plane have been dispatched after the ship ran aground on Wednesday within the port off Japan’s northeastern coast.
Authorities have been making an attempt to include the oil leak however had not but been capable of erect an oil fence across the boat, the spokesman mentioned.
“The patrol boats will function in a single day” to keep away from collisions, he mentioned, including that no different ship was recognized to be concerned within the accident.
