On the 27th, a Japanese cargo ship collided with a foreign-registered ship in the Seto Inland Sea off the coast of Ehime Prefecture, and the search for three crew members of the missing cargo ship has been continued, but so far. Not found.
On the 30th, the Japan Transport Safety Board will board a foreign-registered ship moored at sea and investigate the damage to the hull.
On the night of the 27th, a Japanese cargo ship "White Tiger" collided with a foreign-registered chemical tanker "ULSAN PIONEER" near the Raijima Strait northwest of Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture, and the cargo ship overturned and sank.
In this accident, the whereabouts of three people, including the captain of the cargo ship, are missing.
The Imabari Coast Guard is conducting an intermittent diving search centered on the Japan Coast Guard's special rescue team, and is trying to investigate the engine room near the stern of the cargo ship, which is believed to have had two engineers at the time of the accident. I will.
However, the depth of the water is as deep as about 60 meters, and the cargo ship is sunk upside down on the seabed, so it is difficult to search for it even though it was put inside the ship, and so far, three people have been found. It means that there is no such thing.
An accident investigator of the Japan Transport Safety Board heard from the crew of the rescued cargo ship on the 29th, and on the 30th, boarded a chemical tanker moored at sea near the site and damaged the hull. I will investigate the situation in detail.