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Eight dead as Korean tanker capsizes

Eight crew are reported dead with a further two still missing following the capsizing of a South Korean chemical tanker off the coast of Japan at around 7am local time on 20 March.

Nick Savvides, Europe correspondent

March 20, 2024

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Capsized Korean tanker off Japan
Photo: Screenshot from NHK

One crew member of the 11 on board has been rescued by the Japanese Coast Guard, according to local reports. The crew consisted of two Koreans, eight Indonesians and one Chinese citizen.

The 1,200 dwt Keoyoung Sun, owned by Keo Young had anchored off the coast of Yamaguchi prefecture near to Shimonoseki on Japan’s south-west coast due to heavy weather, with winds reportedly reaching 54 kph, when the crew reported that the vessel had started to list.

The 1996 built chemical tanker was loaded with 980 tonnes of acrylic acid, no pollution has been detected at the time of publication.

About the Author

Nick Savvides

Europe correspondent

Experienced journalist working online, in monthly magazines and daily news coverage. Nick Savvides began his journalistic career working as a freelance from his flat in central London, and has since worked in Athens, while also writing for some major publications including The Observer, The European, Daily Express and Thomson Reuters. 

Most recently Nick joined The Loadstar as the publication’s news editor to develop the profile of the publication, increase its readership and to build a team that will market, sell and report on supply chain issues and container shipping news. 

This was a similar brief to his time at ci-online, the online publication for Containerisation International and Container News. During his time at ci-online Nich developed a team of freelancers and full-time employees increasing its readership substantially. He then moved to International Freighting Weekly, a sister publication, IFW also focused on container shipping, rail and trucking and ports. Both publications were published by Informa. 

Following his spell at Informa Nick joined Reed’s chemical reporting team, ICIS, as the chemical tanker reporter. While at ICIS he also reported on the chemical industry and spent some time on the oil & gas desk. 

Nick has also worked for a time at Lloyd’s Register, which has an energy division, and his role was writing their technical magazine, before again becoming a journalist at The Naval Architect for the Royal Institution of Naval Architects. After eight successful years at RINA, he joined Fairplay, which published a fortnightly magazine and daily news on the website.

Nick's time at Fairplay saw him win the Seahorse Club Journalist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year 2018 awards.

After Fairplay closed, Nick joined an online US start-up called FreightWaves. 

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