Freighter collides with Malaysian ship, 1 dead, 2 missing

Freighter collides with Malaysian ship, 1 dead, 2 missing

MITO, Japan - The 7,633-ton Malaysian-flagged Thailine 6 suffered damage to its bow when it collided with the 498-ton Japanese freighter Shinwa Maru No. 8 off Hitachinaka, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 30. The Japanese vessel sank, leaving one of the four crew members on the freighter dead and two others missing, Japan Coast Guard officials said.

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