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Tanker and ship collision near Shanghai leaves 32 missing Tanker and ship collision near Shanghai leaves 32 missing
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Thirty-two people are missing after an oil tanker and a cargo ship collided off China's east coast on Saturday evening. Thirty-two people are missing after an oil tanker and a cargo ship collided off China's east coast.
The Sanchi tanker, a Panama-registered vessel carrying 136,000 tonnes of Iranian oil, caught fire after the crash. The Sanchi tanker, carrying 136,000 tonnes of Iranian oil worth $60m (£44m), caught fire after the crash.
China's Ministry of Transport said the missing people are its crew - 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis. China's ministry of transport said the crew - 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis - were missing from the Panama-registered vessel.
The 21-strong crew of the cargo ship had been rescued, it said. The 21-strong crew of the cargo ship had been rescued. "Sanchi is floating and burning," the ministry said.
"Sanchi is floating and burning as of now. There is an oil slick and we are pushing forward with rescue efforts," the ministry said. "There is an oil slick and we are pushing forward with rescue efforts."
An image published by state broadcaster CGTN showed huge plumes of smoke rising from the tanker. Poor weather and huge plumes of smoke rising from the tanker are making rescue attempts difficult, Mohammad Rastad, head of Iran's Ports and Maritime Organisation, told Iranian television.
The collision happened around 160 nautical miles (296 km) off the coast of Shanghai. It is the first major accident involving an Iranian oil tanker since international sanctions limiting its export were lifted in January 2016.
Eight Chinese ships have been sent for the search and rescue operation, China's official Xinhua news agency said. A collision between an Iranian supertanker in the Singapore Strait in August 2016 caused no loss of life or pollution.
South Korea has also sent a coast guard ship and a helicopter to aid the relief effort. Saturday evening's collision happened about 160 nautical miles (296 km) off the coast of Shanghai.
The tanker had been sailing to Daesan, South Korea from Kharg Island, Iran, according to Reuters ship tracking data. Eight Chinese ships have been sent for the search-and-rescue operation, China's official Xinhua news agency said.
It was carrying a $60m (£44m) cargo equivalent to slightly under a million barrels. South Korea has also sent a coastguard ship and a helicopter to aid the relief effort.
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. The tanker had been sailing to Daesan in South Korea from Kharg Island in Iran, according to Reuters ship tracking data.
It was carrying a 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 were all Chinese nationals, the country's transport ministry said.