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General Cargo Ship Goes Missing Off Vietnam

File photo shows the Panama-flagged M/V Xin Hong. Photo: MarineTraffic.com

General Cargo Ship Goes Missing Off Vietnam

Mike Schuler
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December 17, 2020
Reuters

HANOI, Dec 17 (Reuters) – At least 15 sailors were missing on Thursday after a Panama-flagged cargo ship capsized in rough seas off Vietnam, Vietnamese state media said.

The incident happened off the central province of Binh Thuan when the Xin Hong with 11 Chinese and four Vietnamese sailors onboard was transporting 7,800 tonnes of clay from Malaysia to Hong Kong, Nhan Dan newspaper reported.

Sailors had contacted Vietnam for help earlier on Thursday when the ship began to list in rough seas, the report said.

Vietnam has sent a rescue team, including a coast guard vessel, to search for the missing sailors, the report said, adding that the team had found an inflatable life raft near the sinking ship with no one inside. (Reporting by Khanh Vu; Editing by Giles Elgood)

(c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2020.

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