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Iranian oil tanker still burning after collision off China coast
THE Iranian oil tanker, run by Iran's top oil shipping operator National Iranian Tanker Co, Sanchi that collided with Hong Kong-flagged CP Crystal in the East China Sea was still on fire on Tuesday morning, the Chinese Ministry of Transport said in a statement, as dozens of rescue boats struggled to control the blaze for a third day.
Poor conditions, with heavy winds, rain and high waves, continue to hamper efforts to tame the fire and search for the 31 remaining crew members on the tanker. The body of a crew member was found on Monday in the water near the tanker off China's coast near Shanghai, the ministry said. It had been handed over to the civil affairs bureau.
Concerns have been expressed that that the tanker may explode and sink while a flotilla of 13 search and rescue vessels comb a 900-square-nautical-mile area around the ship for the crew, Reuters reported.
The Sanchi was carrying 136,000 tonnes of condensate, an ultra-light crude oil that becomes highly volatile when exposed to air and water, to South Korea.
The size of the oil spill from the ship and the extent of the environmental harm were not known, but the disaster has the potential to be the worst since 1991 when 260,000 tonnes of oil leaked off the Angolan coast.
The freight ship, which was carrying US grain, suffered limited damage and the 21 crew members, all Chinese nationals, were rescued.
Poor conditions, with heavy winds, rain and high waves, continue to hamper efforts to tame the fire and search for the 31 remaining crew members on the tanker. The body of a crew member was found on Monday in the water near the tanker off China's coast near Shanghai, the ministry said. It had been handed over to the civil affairs bureau.
Concerns have been expressed that that the tanker may explode and sink while a flotilla of 13 search and rescue vessels comb a 900-square-nautical-mile area around the ship for the crew, Reuters reported.
The Sanchi was carrying 136,000 tonnes of condensate, an ultra-light crude oil that becomes highly volatile when exposed to air and water, to South Korea.
The size of the oil spill from the ship and the extent of the environmental harm were not known, but the disaster has the potential to be the worst since 1991 when 260,000 tonnes of oil leaked off the Angolan coast.
The freight ship, which was carrying US grain, suffered limited damage and the 21 crew members, all Chinese nationals, were rescued.
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