The oil tanker, registered in Panama, collided with a bulk freighter registered in Hong Kong. The government said that all 21 crew members of the bulk freighter had been rescued, while the 32 missing were from the oil tanker.
The Chinese and South Korean authorities on Sunday were searching for 32 crew members who went missing after their oil tanker collided with another ship off China’s east coast the night before.
The site of the collision, which happened roughly 160 miles out to sea off the coast of Shanghai at 8 p.m. Saturday night, according to China’s Ministry of Transportation, is in the middle of seas with heavy shipping traffic between China and South Korea.
Of those missing, 30 are Iranian nationals and two are from Bangladesh, according to the Chinese government. The 21 rescued are all Chinese nationals.
The site of the collision, which happened roughly 160 miles out to sea off the coast of Shanghai at 8 p.m. Saturday night, according to China’s Ministry of Transportation, is in the middle of seas with heavy shipping traffic between China and South Korea.
Of those missing, 30 are Iranian nationals and two are from Bangladesh, according to the Chinese government. The 21 rescued are all Chinese nationals.
Tanker Sanchi, which spilled oil and was floating while still burning early Sunday, said Chinese maritime authorities.
The collision, between a Panama-registered oil tanker and a Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter, occurred at around 8 p.m. Saturday in waters about 160 sea miles east of the Yangtze River's estuary, the ministry said.
Chinese maritime authorities have dispatched eight vessels for search and rescue. After the coordination of China Maritime Search and Rescue Center, the Republic of Korea has dispatched a coast guard ship and a fixed-wing aircraft to assist in the search and rescue.
The tanker had been sailing to Daesan, South Korea from Kharg Island, Iran, according to Reuters ship tracking data.
It was carrying a $60m (£44m) cargo equivalent to slightly under a million barrels.
The Hong Kong-registered cargo ship, CF Crystal, was carrying 64,000 tonnes of grain from the US to Guangdong province in southern China. Its rescued crew are all Chinese nationals, the country's transport ministry said.
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