Court to discuss case of collision of Ukrainian, Chinese ships on Monday

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A court will on Monday, March 23, 2009 consider the case of the collision between the Ukrainian Naftogaz-67 tugboat with the Chinese Yao Hai bulk cargo ship near Hong Kong on March 22, 2008, according to the press service of the Ukrainian Transport and Communications Ministry.

Hearings on this case were postponed twice last year.

As reported, the Naftogaz-67 and the Yao Hai collided in the South-China Sea near Hong Kong on March 22, 2008. The Ukrainian vessel sank within minutes. Of the 25 people on board the ship, seven of them, including six Ukrainians and one Chinese citizen, were rescued. The bodies of the 15 Ukrainian sailors who were drowned were found late in April.

The captains of the ships are accused of violating navigation rules.

20.03.2009