Sanchi oil tanker collision
Approximate locations of the collision and sinking in the East China Sea | |
| Date | January 6, 2018 |
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| Time | 20:00 CST (UTC+08:00) |
| Location | East China Sea, 160 nmi (300 km) east of Shanghai |
| Coordinates | 28°22′00″N 125°55′00″E / 28.3667°N 125.9167°E |
| Cause | Collision |
| Participants | 53 crew (32 on Sanchi and 21 on CF Crystal) |
| Deaths | 32 (all on Sanchi) |
The Sanchi oil tanker collision occurred on 6 January 2018 when the Panamanian-flagged, Iranian-owned tanker Sanchi, with a full natural-gas condensate cargo of 136,000 tonnes (960,000 barrels), sailing from Iran to South Korea, collided with the Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship CF Crystal 160 nautical miles (300 km) off Shanghai, China. Sanchi caught fire shortly after the collision; after burning and drifting for over a week, it sank on 14 January.
All of Sanchi's 32 crew members were killed.
The crew of CF Crystal was rescued and the ship made port in China. The financial damage of the sinking of Sanchi, based on NIOC estimates, is around USD 110 million: USD 60 million for the cargo and US$50 million for the vessel itself.