Two vessels collide in China's Bohai Sea

A Panama-registered cargo vessel "Chang Tong" collided into a Germany-registered container vessel "Hanjin Gothen Burg" in China's Bohai Sea on Saturday.

No casualties have been reported so far, the China Marine Rescue Center said. The accident happened at 41 sea miles north of Chinese city Yantai of Shandong Province, when the bow of the 274-meter-long German vessel cut into the fourth cabin of the larboard of the 182-meter-long "Chang Tong", and water ran into several cabins of the Panama vessel.

The two vessels were kept in such conditions with one inserted into the other to reduce water flowing into the cabins, and all the crew members on board, 26 on "Chang Tong" and 22 on "Hanjin Gothen Burg" were safe, informed the Center. Chinese officials in charge of maritime official have arrived at the scene to investigate the cause of the accident.

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