Southeast Asia Information Port News (www.dnyxxg.com) – The China Coast Guard announced on January 24 that it continued its search and rescue operation for crew members of a capsized foreign cargo ship near Huangyan Island on January 23. As of now, four crew members remain missing. The China Coast Guard vessels Dongsha and Sanmen, together with the Philippine Coast Guard vessel 9701, which arrived at the scene that evening, are conducting search and rescue operations in designated areas.
At 1:34 AM on January 23, the China Coast Guard received a report from the Sansha Maritime Search and Rescue Center in Hainan Province that a foreign cargo ship had capsized 55 nautical miles northwest of Huangyan Island, with 21 Filipino crew members on board.
As of 6 PM on January 23, 17 people had been rescued, of whom 15 are in stable condition, and 2 have tragically perished. (End)
