| January 9, 2007 |
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| Collision of VLCC "Mogamigawa" |
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| VLCC "Mogamigawa" collided with
a submarine at 22:45 of Jan. 8 local time (04:15 of Jan. 9 Japan standard time) after
passing Strait of Hormuz. She was sailing for Singapore. She resumed navigation and will
call the nearest port for survey although bottom part of ballast tank was damaged. There
was no oil leakage and no injured crew. Detail of opponent ship is unknown. |
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| Emergency response head quarter was implemented today. |
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Ship’s name : "Mogamigawa" |
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Registered : Japan |
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Gross tonnage : 160,229 |
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Ship’s owner : Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. |
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Number of crew : 24 |
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Date/Time of collision 22:45 of Jan. 8 local time |
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| location : |
South of Strait of Hormuz |
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(approximately 26-19.7North, 56-41.4East) |
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| For further information, please contact: |
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| Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. ("K" Line) |
| Masato Yamaguchi, General Manager, IR & PR Group |
| Tel: 81-3-3595-5141 Fax: 81-3-3595-5001 |
| Atsushi Takayama, Manager, Information & Public
Relations Team, IR & PR Group |
| Tel: 81-3-3595-5083 Fax: 81-3-3595-5001 |