Marine

13.5, sinking, fatalities

China: a total of five crew members were missing after a cargo vessel sank off the coast of the China’s Zhejiang province. The ship with 11 people aboard, registered in Ningbo, as Zhefeng 6 , sank off Leqing Bay, southeast of Zhejiang. Six people were rescued. At least six rescue vessels were mobilised to search for the missing. With a capacity of 485 tons, the vessel belonged to the Tongda Ocean Shipping Company. Those rescued later said that they were loading stones into the vessel when the accident occurred. The cause of the accident was under investigation.