Eight missing after SITC boxship collides with Chinese fishing trawler

A ship operated by SITC Container Lines collided with a Chinese fishing trawler off Hainan Island, China just after midnight local time on 3 April, leaving eight persons missing after the trawler capsized.

The Panama-flagged ship, 1,032 TEU SITC Danang had just departed China’s Qinzhou port and was on its way to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, when the accident happened around 12.15 am local time.

The collision with the fishing trawler, Yuenan Aoyu 36062, occurred 22 nautical miles southwest of...

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