Freighter collision off Tokyo

Freighter collision off Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the capsized Eifuku Maru No. 18 (front), a 498-ton cargo ship, and the Jia Hui (back), a 2,962-ton freighter, after their collision in Japanese waters around 100 kilometers south of Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2013.

Freighter collision off Tokyo

Freighter collision off Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the Jia Hui, a 2,962-ton freighter, after its collision with the Eifuku Maru No. 18, a 498-ton cargo ship, in Japanese waters around 100 kilometers south of Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2013.

Freighter collision off Tokyo

Freighter collision off Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the capsized Eifuku Maru No. 18, a 498-ton cargo ship, after its collision with the Jia Hui, a 2,962-ton freighter, in Japanese waters around 100 kilometers south of Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2013.

Freighter collision off Tokyo

Freighter collision off Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the bow of the Jia Hui, a 2,962-ton freighter, after its collision with the Eifuku Maru No. 18, a 498-ton cargo ship, in Japanese waters around 100 kilometers south of Tokyo on Sept. 27, 2013.

Drowsy skipper runs freighter into houses ashore

Drowsy skipper runs freighter into houses ashore

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The 498-ton freighter Shin Tsunetoyo Maru ran ashore at Osakikami Island in the Seto Inland Sea on Sept. 4, destroying two houses and damaging another. The ship's skipper, Masuo Hamada, told the Japan Coast Guard that he dozed off at the helm.

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.

Drowsy skipper runs freighter into houses ashore

Drowsy skipper runs freighter into houses ashore

HIROSHIMA, Japan - The 498-ton freighter Shin Tsunetoyo Maru ran ashore at Osakikami Island in the Seto Inland Sea on Sept. 4, destroying two houses and damaging another. The ship's skipper, Masuo Hamada, told the Japan Coast Guard that he dozed off at the helm. (Kyodo)