The crew of the Chinese dry cargo ship Yong Xing 56, which was rescued from the sunken ship, will be sent home after 10 March. It has been reported DEA News With reference to the press service in Rusal.
The merchant cargo ship was damaged in the bow in the Tatar Strait. On board was 29 thousand tons of alumina from Rusal. The distress signal was received by the Marine Rescue Service’s tug “Otto Schmidt”, crew members were evacuated from the ice floe.
The 21 crew of the Yong Xing 56 are currently in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and are awaiting transfer to the port of Vladivostok on March 10. From there, Chinese citizens will go to their homeland by bus.
Previously reportedOn February 23, a Chinese ship received a hole in the ice on its way to the working village of Vanino, Khabarovsk Territory. Despite attempts to close the hole, fix leaks in the bow tanks and forepeak, and keep the ship afloat, she sank at a depth of 253 meters on 1 March after the crew was rescued.