Distress calls from the vessel loaded with 4,000 tonnes was crippled by a fire in the engine room, reached the Shandong maritime rescue centre on Sunday 19:57 local time, whereupon 15 of the 16 North Korean crew members boarded a lifeboat and were picked up by a passing vessel. The 15 seafarers have since been rescued uninjured, 18 miles off Chaolian Island, about 20 miles from Quingdao city.
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