Marine

4.9, sinking, fatalities

China: six Chinese fishermen are missing after their boat Zhe Dong Yu 7302 sank in a collision with a cargo ship from the Republic of Korea (chemical tanker Keoyoung Chemi 735 gt, built 1985) off the coast of eastern Zhejiang Province. Keoyoung Chemi was on its way from south-east Chinaís Fuzhou to Jiangyin on the Yangtze River when the collision occurred off the coast of Wenzhou, according to maritime police of Zhejiang. The Chinese boat with seven on board sank immediately after colliding with the 1,100-tonne South Korean vessel. One of the crew members of the Chinese boat was rescued but the other six were still missing.