M/V Cygnus Ace – Incident Photo Of The Week

By John Konrad On March 10, 2009

Cygnus Ace

Boston.com tells us:

Two cargo ships collided off the coast of a central Japanese island Tuesday, leaving 16 South Korean and Indonesian crew members missing, Japan’s coast guard said.

The coast guard dispatched five ships and three helicopters to search for the 16 crew — seven South Koreans and nine Indonesians. They were on board the South Korean-registered cargo ship, which collided with the Panama-registered cargo vessel M/V Cygnus Ace in the waters off Izu Oshima, a small island about 120 kilometers (74 miles) south of Tokyo.

“We are continuing search and rescue operations, but the 16 crew members remain missing,” said coast guard spokesman Hidefumi Onoue. He said the 4,255-ton South Korean ship was also missing, and that it might have sunk.

John Konrad

Captain John Konrad is co-founder of Unofficial Networks, Editor In Chief of this blog and author of the book Fire On The Horizon. He is a USCG licensed Master Mariner of Unlimited Tonnage and, since graduating from SUNY Maritime College, has sailed a variety of ships from ports around the world. John currently lives in Morro Bay, California with his wife and two children.