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Iranian tanker bursts into flames after collision off China's coast, leaving entire 32 man crew missing | Iranian tanker bursts into flames after collision off China's coast, leaving entire 32 man crew missing |
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The entire 32-man crew of an Iranian oil tanker are missing after the ship collided with a freighter off China’s eastern coast. | |
Officials said Iranian vessel Sanchi was involved in a crash with the Hong Kong-registered CF Crystal around 160 nautical miles from Shanghai in the East China Sea on Saturday evening. | Officials said Iranian vessel Sanchi was involved in a crash with the Hong Kong-registered CF Crystal around 160 nautical miles from Shanghai in the East China Sea on Saturday evening. |
China’s Ministry of Transport confirmed the collision caused the tanker to list, throwing the 30 Iranian and two Bangladeshi crew members overboard. | China’s Ministry of Transport confirmed the collision caused the tanker to list, throwing the 30 Iranian and two Bangladeshi crew members overboard. |
An official in Iran’s Oil Ministry, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to reporters, said: “We have no information on their fate. | |
“We cannot say all of them have did, because rescue teams are there and providing services.” | |
The crash also caused a fire to break out on the ship, which had been carrying around 136,000 tonnes of oil from Iran to South Korea. | The crash also caused a fire to break out on the ship, which had been carrying around 136,000 tonnes of oil from Iran to South Korea. |
The official said the tanker was owned by the National Iranian Tanker Company and had been rented by a South Korean company, Hanwha Total Co. He said the tanker was on its way to South Korea. | |
Hanwa Total is a 50-50 partnership between the Seoul-based Hanwha Group and the French oil giant Total. | |
China’s Ministry of Transport said the 21 Chinese citizens on board the CF Crystal, transporting food from the US to Guangdong, were able to escape unharmed. | |
In a statement, the ministry said a search and rescue mission of “great importance” was underway involving Chinese authorities being aided by the South Korean coastguard. | |
It added three cleaning ships had also been deployed to clear oil spilt during the collision. | It added three cleaning ships had also been deployed to clear oil spilt during the collision. |
The incident is the second collision involving a ship from the National Iranian Tanker Company in less than a year and a half. In August 2016, one of its tankers collided with a Swiss container ship in the Singapore Strait, damaging both ships but causing no injuries or oil spill. |
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