Death toll rises to seven
Rescue teams in Taiwan were still looking for survivors from the “Jui Hsing” off the northern port of Keelung.
Three more bodies were discovered washed ashore, bringing the number of confirmed dead to seven after the freighter ran aground.
Eleven crew members were either rescued or swam to safety. The search for three more sailors who were still listed as missing has recently been hampered by bad weather.
The wreck was followed by an emergency cleanup operation by environmental authorities as they worried that hundreds of tones of oil may have leaked into the sea from the vessel’s fuel tanks.
Workers used booms and absorbents to clean up the shoreline threatened by an oil slick.
Source: Vesseltracker
