Cargo Business Newswire

Thursday, November 5, 2015

At least 3 dead after Vietnamese cargo ships sinks

One mariner remains missing after the Vietnamese cargo ship Hoang Phuc 18, which was carrying 17 people and hundreds of tons of cargo, sank on the Soai Rap river off the coast of HCM City on Friday.

The bodies of three people believed to be Hoang Phuc 18 sailors were found.

Rescue teams were expanding the scope of their work to an area with a radius of 6 nautical miles from the site of the sinking.

According to Tran Minh Sang, a crewmember who

was rescued from the accident, the cargo ship departed from CuongHung port in Dong Nai's Long Thanh district on Wednesday. When reaching the Soai Rap estuary, rough seas forced the ship to turn back to marking buoy No 5, waiting there for better weather.

Sang said at about 7:30 pm on Friday, when sailors were about to have dinner, a wave hit one side of the vessel, making it stagger before capsizing.

For more of the Viet Nam News story: vietnamnews.vn