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A Chinese bulker has sunk in Strait of Tartary near the Russian port of Vanino after being damaged in a collision with heavy ice flows. The vessel, Yong Xing 56, had been caught in the ice since February 19 and issued a distress call on February 23, prompting a rescue operation. Reporting indicates the the 33,000 DWT ship was carrying a cargo of alumina. All 21 crew members abandoned ship and were rescued by a Russian ferry and taken to Vonino. “The crew of 21 citizens of the People’s Republic of China got onto the ice and was then taken on board.
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