3 crew missing after ships collide off western Japan

Three crew members of the Japanese cargo ship went missing after the ship collided with a foreign chemical ship and sank in the Seto Inland Sea off the western prefecture of Ehime.
28.05.2021 09:51:03 / English News

“The 11,454-ton cargo ship, the Byakko, collided with the 2,696-ton chemical ship registered in the Marshall Islands, the Ulsan Pioneer, in the Kurushima Strait,” according to a report made to the Sixth Regional Coast Guard Headquarters.

The ship capsized and sank at around 2:40 a.m. Friday, local media outlets reported.

Three crew members from the Japanese ship, captain Tamotsu Sato, 66, first engineer Yuki Ogawa, 27, and second engineer Takahiro Uehata, 22, went missing after the accident. (ILKHA)