Lashing winds, high waves and toxic flue gases hinder extinguishing work on oil tanker Sanchi, which has been burning for three days in Chinese sea. Even search for missing 31 crew members is not advancing, Ministry of Transport in Beijing reported. The day before, corpse of a man was recovered.

A fleet of 13 ships searched DasUnglücksgebiet for missing seafarers. Because of flames, a rescue team had to keep Dersüdkoreanischen Coast guard nearly five kilometers away, as news agency Reuters experienced circles. There are also fears that crude tankers could explode and sink.

The ship Deriranischen National Iranian Tanker Co, flying under Panamanian flag, was amSamstagabend with a Chinese grain freighter kollidiertund in flames. Since n it loses charge. DasUnglück occurred 300 kilometers off Chinese coast. The extent of oil pollution is not yet foreseeable. The Sanchi had 136,000 tonnes of crude oil loaded.

China's authorities prepare for oil spill

"As long as ship is on fire, it can be expected that a lot of oil will burn instead of getting into water," Greenpeace East Asian department shared an opinion. If, however, tanker sinks before oil is burned, cleaning process will be extremely difficult, it was furr said.

According to Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, special ships were put in position on Monday evening to combat an oil spill, and protective suits, breathing masks and measuring instruments were sent to disaster.

Date Of Update: 10 January 2018, 12:02