A cargo ship that ran aground at a port in northeastern Japan before being refloated and anchored off the coast, was found Thursday (Aug 12) to have broken apart and was spilling oil, the coast guard said.
The freighter, the Panamanian-flagged 39,910-ton Crimson Polaris, ran aground Wednesday morning at Hachinohe port in Aomori Prefecture. The crew initially managed to refloat the ship, which was carrying wooden chips from Thailand, but it soon became impossible to navigate leading them to drop anchor around 4 kilometers off the coast.
On Thursday morning, the stern section of the ship had broken apart and the ship was leaking oil, the coast guard said, adding that all 21 crew members had been rescued.
Source:
Kyodonews
