According to local authorities, the vessel is a Chinese cargo ship “An Yang 2" with 20 crew members and 700 tons of fuel oil, 100 tons of diesel fuel and a thousand tons of coal on board. Authorities have said rescue operations are complicated by weather conditions and the storm, and that while the crew had contacted Russian authorities, no constructive proposals had been made regarding “divers, rescue ships, tugboats.”
Parts of Russia’s Sakhalin Region on high alert after Chinese cargo ship runs aground off coast
According to local authorities, the vessel is a Chinese cargo ship “An Yang 2" with 20 crew members and 700 tons of fuel oil, 100 tons of diesel fuel and a thousand tons of coal on board. Authorities have said rescue operations are complicated by weather conditions and the storm, and that while the crew had contacted Russian authorities, no constructive proposals had been made regarding “divers, rescue ships, tugboats.”