Mokpo Coast Guard Arrests Vessel Suspected of Fleeing After Collision with Fishing Boat

Full-Scale Search Operation to Find Two Missing Persons

Mokpo Maritime Police Station (Chief Kwon Oh-seong) is making every effort on the 13th to search for two missing persons after fishing vessel A capsized near Gageodo, Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do.

Mokpo Coast Guard is transporting the rescued crew members.
[Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard Station]

According to Mokpo Maritime Police, vessel A is presumed to have capsized after colliding with cargo ship B (9,734 tons, Hong Kong-registered, container ship). The police identified vessels passing through the area at the time of the accident and tracked vessel B, conducting inspection and search after stopping it about 37 miles from the accident site.

Vessel B had departed from Japan and was en route to China. Under the escort of the maritime police ship, it was moved to nearby waters of Bulmugi for a detailed investigation of the collision.

Meanwhile, the rescued crew members of vessel A are scheduled to head to the exclusive dock of Mokpo Maritime Police via the police patrol ship.