Israeli vessel tied to collision that killed 7

[Scurrilous]

http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200510030116.html

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"The Japan Coast Guard says it suspects an Israeli containership was involved in a collision last week that caused a Japanese fishing boat to capsize, killing seven crew members.

The accident occurred Wednesday off Hokkaido.

The Israeli-registered vessel made a brief port call in Pusan, South Korea, and departed Saturday.

The skipper told an official at the South Korean maritime police station in Pusan that he had no knowledge of a collision, sources said.

Officials of the Pusan police station said the 41,507-ton Israeli vessel had clearly scraped another ship, judging by marks on the hull. White paint scrapings were collected along with a record of the vessel's route and given to the Japan Coast Guard, the sources said. The hull of the capsized 19-ton Shinsei Maru No. 3 is also white."

[jim3775]

1. Boy, the Japanese have bad luck with nautical collisions. n/t

[Turbineguy]

2. More:

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/631331.html

[Poll_Blind]

3. The Zim Aisa is part of the US Voluntary Observing Ship Program and...

...it didn't report any data from the 28th, the day the accident took place. Normally it would report data several times a day. See US Voluntary Observing Ship Program for more information on the program.

See for yourself here OR click on the individual links below for data collected.

Air Pressure
Air Temperature
Wind Direction
Wind Speed
Wave Period
Wave Height

PB

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[Scurrilous]

5. Zim willing to take responsibility for Japan boat accident

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/632028.html

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"The Zim shipping company on Sunday announced that if it were to be discovered that one of its ships had been involved in the hit-and-run maritime collision off the coast of Japan last Wednesday that killed seven Japanese fisherman, the company would accept responsibility.

Zim spokesperson said the company is fully prepared to cooperate with all investigations of the incident.

"If it is discovered that Zim Asia was involved with the accident, the Zim company will accept responsibility," the company said in a statement.

The spokesperson also said the company is conducting an internal investigation into the matter. He said the chairman of Zim's Asia region, Captain Yigal Dafne, was sent to the ship to question the crew, and that a group of company representatives had been sent to Japan to participate in the investigation there."

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"The Israeli embassy in Japan said Sunday that the Japanese authorities have not yet contacted them officially about the investigation. However, both the embassy and the Israeli Transportation Ministry confirmed that the Israel Shipping Administration has decided to send an investigator of its own to Hong Kong to question the Zim Asia's crew. The ship is slated to dock in Hong Kong on October 5."