The and the were in collision on Nov 14, 2015, at 3 a.m. near Nanpeng island off Shantou in the Taiwan Strait.
The "Ji Xin 9" struck her at portside and caused a breach in the foreship.
The vessel started to take on water, developing a list to portside and was down by the bow.
The 26 crew members abandoned vessel and went on board of the "Ji Xin 9" before being transferred on board of a Coast Guard salvage vessel. ,
Salvage team boarded the "Gunag Yun" and got the water ingress under control. She was en route from Zhoushan to Dong Guan. The "Ji Xin 9" reached Shantou under own power.
How it happened
14 am, two cargo ships collided in waters near the southern island of Penghu, a total of 26 crew members on board in distress. Shantou maritime search and rescue sub-centers to carry out rescue operations immediately after receiving the report, the current success of the entire crew out of danger.
At 3:00 on the 14th, Shantou maritime search and rescue sub-center received a report: boat named "jixin 9" cargo ship on the way from the new ship will sail Nantong and bound by the Jinjiang Dongguan "Guang Yun" round Nanpeng Island waters near collision, forepeak water, no casualties, the current "broad Win" wheel badly damaged on the port side front cabin water, the ship lost power, the boat captain Directive 14 crew abandoned ship and transferred to "jixin 9 "ship, the maritime sector bailout request.
Maritime search and rescue sub-centers after receiving the report, the first time launched the emergency plan, the command center leaders rushed to the site command center, the center immediately launched the emergency plan. Duty use VHF and telephone crews to maintain communication with the distress, calling for "jixin 9" send someone to view cabin damage, timing measurements the ship's draft, and asked, "Guang Yun" round watertight who promptly closed cabin, tank valves, tanks cabinet holes. At the same time, keep track of, "Guang Yun" round dynamic, dynamic security regularly publish information about the wheel to avoid the occurrence of secondary disasters.
On the other hand, the center sent law enforcement officers take the "Coast Guard 0920" ship rushed to the scene to coordinate "the South China Sea rescue 113" round to carry out relief operations. 0900, "Guang Yun" round crew successfully transferred to the "Coast Guard 0920" ship; there is still the ability of self-propelled "jixin 9" round, at the request of law enforcement officers also into the inner Shantou port, waiting for the maritime sector The next step of the investigation.
At present, Shantou, good weather, sea waves smaller boat accident "Guang Yun" round No waste oil leak, the Coast Guard boat is floating on the site of the accident boat alert, ensure navigation safety incident waters. Next, the relevant departments for further assessment will ship accident, the incident promptly to restore safe and smooth waters.
The current positive late autumn, with winter approaching, sea near Shantou prevailing northeasterly winds. Shantou area of maritime search and rescue sub-centers to remind the ship, listening timely security information in the maritime sector, strengthening on duty, attention lookout. If a collision occurs, grounding, man overboard and other emergency situations, should promptly call a unified national maritime distress distress call 12395 to Shantou maritime rescue sub-center police for help.