Two cargo ships from China and the Republic of Korea (ROK)
collided on the East China Sea near Jieyang in south China's
Guangdong Province early Thursday, but there is no report of
casualties.
Sources with Jieyang frontier guard said it had received
distress calls at 5:33 AM, saying that a Chinese ship, Haikou
Jianhuashan II, was hit by a ship, Samho Family, from the ROK and
lives of the 11-member crew on the Chinese ship were seriously
threatened.
The frontier guard immediately organized rescue operation and
found the capsized Chinese ship and the 11 crew members who were
drifting on a life boat at about 6:50 AM.
To date, the crew members are in good condition, the sources
said.
(Xinhua News Agency March 24, 2006)
