Cargo ship sinks in East China Sea, 20 missing

Beijing, Apr 9: Chinese navy and Zhejiang marine police rescue teams searched the East China Sea for 20 crew from a cargo ship that collided with another ship and sank, state media reported.

The Belize-registered Harvest sank off the coast of Zhejiang province, Xinhua News Agency reported late yesterday, quoting local marine police from Zhejiang province. The ship was carrying 5,000 tonnes of steel from Shanghai to Vietnam.

All the crew members aboard -- 19 Chinese and one Indonesian -- were missing, Xinhua said.

Reuters