On June 27, Mr. Nguyen Van Binh - Deputy Director of Ha Tinh Maritime Port Authority - said that Ha Tinh Maritime Port Authority will require ship owners to mark the location of the sunken Cong Thanh 07 ship, release warning buoys, develop a plan to salvage the ship, submit to competent authorities for approval and supervise the salvage plans to ensure safety.
According to Mr. Binh, the most important thing is currently the work of preventing and responding to the risk of oil spills at sea after the Cong Thanh 07 ship sank. Ha Tinh Maritime Port Authority has issued a document requesting the ship owner to collect all the oil on the ship.
According to the leader of Ha Tinh Maritime Port Authority, before Cong Thanh 07 sank, it is estimated that the ship contained about 30 tons of DO oil, about 100-200 liters of oil grease...
As reported by Lao Dong Newspaper, on the evening of May 25, Ha Tinh Maritime Port Authority received information from Cong Thanh 07 ship carrying more than 4,932 tons of coal on its way from Quang Ninh to Quang Binh when it encountered an incident in the Vung Ang sea area, about 7 nautical miles from shore.
After that, the ship tilted, water overflowed and sank at more than 9:00 p.m. All 11 crew members on the motorboat jumped into the sea.
Early the next morning, 1 crew member was rescued by a local fishing boat, the remaining 10 people, and by noon of the same day, the rescue team found and rescued them safely to the shore at Vung Ang port.
