Cargo Business Newswire

Monday, January 26, 2015

10 missing after fishing boat sinks after collision with cargo ship

Ten people are missing after a Chinese fishing boat sank in international waters near the South Korean island of Jeju.

Thirteen people were on the boat when it sank about 100 miles west of the island on Thursday night, according to Jeju coast-guard official Koh Kwang-sick. Survivors said it collided with a cargo ship.

The official said crew members of another nearby

Chinese fishing boat rescued three people from the sinking boat.

Coast guard crews have searched for the missing crewmembers since early Friday, but found only an empty lifeboat, officials said.

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