A vessel from Malaysia MMM GALVESTON was grounded near Yantai
city, east China's Shandong Province on Sunday when it tried to anchor to avoid
the storm surge. The ship's twenty crew members were rescued on Monday.
[Photo: Chinanews.com]
Twenty foreign crewmembers were rescued from the storm surge
outside China's eastern port city of Yantai.
The crewmembers were trapped outside Yantai port on Sunday when their cargo
ship, MMM Galveston of Malaysia, anchored to avoid the storm surge, but remained
grounded there.
The Maritime Search and Rescue Center of Yantai city took emergency action to
rescue the 20 foreign crewmembers, including Pakistanis and Malaysians, and sent
them to hospital on Monday.
A violent storm surge occurred offshore on the Yellow and Bohai Seas. Six
ships encountered risks in the storm surge on the seas near Yantai.
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