Authorities reported on Saturday that the Chong Bong sank roughly 30 miles off of Japan’s Oki Islands. The Chong Bong reportedly alerted the Japanese Maritime Security Agency (MSA) that it had begun to take on water, after which time the crew boarded lifeboats.
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The crew boarded lifeboats as the list increased.
They were picked up by a tanker the 1,200-dwt Yu Jong 2 (built 1986) five hours later. No injuries were reported.
The MSA said it did not carry out any rescue activities as a result.
The Japanese organisation said the Chong Bong was en route from Chongjin to Songnim in North Korea with an iron cargo, adding that oil had been spotted in the area.
The MSA added that the weather was not particularly severe at the time of the accident.
The vessel is operated by Chongbong Shipping, according to Equasis.
Exporting North Korean coal?
Image: NK Pro (file photo) | A DPRK ship on the Dandong-Sinuiju border in 2017
A sanctioned North Korean-flagged ship carrying 6,500 tons of iron sank in the East Sea last Saturday on May 22.
The DPRK-flagged Chong Bong sent a distress signal to Japan’s 8th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters due to “flooding of its freight storage” at 10:55 pm local time on May 21, according to Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato on Monday.
The freighter sank approximately 50 kilometers northeast of Dogojima island, Kato said during a press conference.
NK Pro confirmed with the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) on Monday that the Chong Bong sank at 2:32 pm local time on