Twenty eight missing as freighter disappears
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Your support makes all the difference.A South Korean freighter with a crew of 28 is missing off south–western Japan. No distress call from the ship has been received.
A South Korean freighter with a crew of 28 was missing off south–western Japan. No distress call from the ship had been received.
Five patrol boats and three aircraft were searching for the South Korean–registered freighter.
The ship had been due to arrive at a port in Hyogo prefecture in western Japan by yesterday evening, he said. The cargo vessel left the South Korean port of Incheon on Saturday, carrying 32,000 tons of sea sand.
In South Korea, the country's Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry said it was checking with authorities in Incheon.
"We are trying the confirm what happened," said Lee In–hwan, an official at the ministry. "As far as we know, the ship, allegedly missing, gathered sand in waters off Incheon. But it never docked at Incheon," Lee said.
Quoting the ship's Japanese agent, Nippon Express Co, Segawa said that there were six South Koreans and 22 crew members from Myanmar aboard the 22,725–ton vessel.
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