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Monday, May 10, 2010

Japan,2 freighters collide off Oita [ 1218 ]

Crew abandons ship after 2 freighters collide off Oita Prefecture

The No. 5 Soya Maru is seen with its stern beneath the sea about
12 kilometers northwest of Himeshima Island on Monday. (Photo courtesy
of the Oita Coast Guard Office)

The No. 5 Soya Maru is seen with its stern beneath the sea about 12 kilometers northwest of Himeshima Island on Monday. (Photo courtesy of the Oita Coast Guard Office)

OITA -(Mainichi Japan) May 10, 2010-

Two freighters collided off Himeshima Island in Oita Prefecture on Monday morning, with one of the freighters overturning and its crew abandoning ship.

The accident happened at about 4:30 a.m., when a Panamanian freighter and the Japanese freighter No. 5 Soya Maru collided, causing the Japanese freighter to overturn. Before the freighter overturned, its crew of four was able to escape on lifeboats and was rescued by the Panamanian freighter. No injuries on either ship have been reported.

According to the Oita Coast Guard Office, the No. 5 Soya Maru was drifting with its stern sunken and its bow sticking above the water. An oil slick about 500 meters long and 10 to 50 meters wide that spilled from the stricken freighter was being cleaned by a patrol ship.

The No. 5 Soya Maru was carrying cement ingredients from Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, to Kanda in Fukuoka Prefecture. The Panamanian ship was carrying fuel coke from Nakhodka, Russia, to Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture. Crew members of both ships are being questioned.

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