Shanghai: A Chinese cargo ship capsized on the Yangtze river near the eastern city of Nanjing early today, but casualties were unknown, state media reported.
The incident follows modern China's worst shipping disaster on June 1, when 442 people died after a cruise ship also capsized on the Yangtze but in the central province of Hubei.
In the latest incident, a cargo ship; estimated to be in the 300 tonne range, turned over and became stuck on the riverbed in Jiangsu province, state media reported.
Photos posted online showed a small group of workers in orange life jackets standing on the overturned boat, attaching a steel cable to salvage the vessel.
The boat was carrying the chemical sodium hydroxide, also known as lye, but no leakage into the river had been detected, Jiangsu television said.
Only 12 people survived when the "Eastern Star" cruise ship capsized during a storm. Reports have said the 76.5-metre-long (250 feet) and 2,200-tonne ship overturned in less than a minute.
The incident follows modern China's worst shipping disaster on June 1, when 442 people died after a cruise ship also capsized on the Yangtze but in the central province of Hubei.
In the latest incident, a cargo ship; estimated to be in the 300 tonne range, turned over and became stuck on the riverbed in Jiangsu province, state media reported.
Photos posted online showed a small group of workers in orange life jackets standing on the overturned boat, attaching a steel cable to salvage the vessel.
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The boat was carrying the chemical sodium hydroxide, also known as lye, but no leakage into the river had been detected, Jiangsu television said.
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Only 12 people survived when the "Eastern Star" cruise ship capsized during a storm. Reports have said the 76.5-metre-long (250 feet) and 2,200-tonne ship overturned in less than a minute.
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