Huangpu River News

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Dozens of people broke through a police cordon on Wednesday as they marched towards the site of a sunken cruise ship in the Yangtze River to demand news of missing relatives. Rescuers searched for more than 400 missing people, many of them elderly, but hopes were fading of finding more survivors from the worst shipping disaster in modern Chinese history. Only 14 people, including the ship's captain, have been found alive since the ship capsized in a tornado on Monday night with 456 people on board. Just 29 bodies have been recovered. Frustrated by the scarcity of information coming from local authorities, about 80 family members hired a bus to take them from Nanjing to Jianli county in Hubei, an eight-hour journey. They started walking towards the rescue site late on Wednesday night.

Death toll more than doubles to 19, more than 400 missing. Rescuers searched a sunken cruise ship in the Yangtze River on Wednesday for more than 400 missing people, many of them elderly, but hopes of finding more survivors were fading in what could be China's worst shipping disaster in almost 70 years. State television showed rescuers, some standing gingerly on the upturned hull of the Eastern Star, and scores of divers working through the night. Only 14 people, including the ship's captain, have been found alive since the ship capsized in a freak tornado on Monday night with 456 people on board. Just 19 bodies have been recovered. Rescuers have not slackened off, even though about 200 divers face difficulties such as cabin doors blocked by tables and beds.

The sinking of a cruise boat on China's Yangtze River is likely to mar the country's generally clean maritime safety record, which hasn't suffered an incident of this magnitude since a passenger steamship blew up almost 70 years ago. The Eastern Star, which was carrying 458 people, capsized in a storm late on Monday, state media said, with those on board ranging in age from three to more than 80. Six bodies have been found and over a dozen people rescued, but more than 430 are still unaccounted for. The incident comes after China has beefed up maritime safety regulations in recent years, with authorities becoming even more stringent after last year's South Korean ferry disaster that killed more than 300 people, industry insiders said.

Ship capsizes in "tornado" on southern stretch of Yangtze. Rescuers fought bad weather on Tuesday as they searched for more than 400 people, many of them elderly Chinese tourists, missing after a cruise boat was buffeted by a freak tornado and capsized on the Yangtze River. The accident on Monday night is likely to end up as China's worst shipping disaster in almost 70 years. Divers and other rescue workers pulled five people they found trapped in the upturned hull of the four-deck Eastern Star, a fraction of the 458 people state media reported were on board when the ship capsized. Distraught relatives of some of the passengers scuffled with officials in the city of Shanghai, where many of those on board booked their trips, angry about what they said was a lack of information.

CIC Lixin Shipyard has named and delivered the 'MV Yangtze Oasis' to  New Yangtze Navigation (Hong Kong) Co., Ltd. The new type of 34,000 dwt bulk carrier is the first to be built for these owners by CIC Lixin Shipyard. MV Yangtze Oasis is of 179.9 m LOA and a breadth of 29.1 m and she successfully came through sea trials earlier this month. China Shipping Industry Co., Ltd. Lixin Shipyard is located in the Shanghai gold waterway, on the Huangpu River. The company operates from three locations: in Pudong’s Sanlin, Donggou and Gaoqiao districts.

Jiangnan Shipyard will soon complete its move from Shanghai and the Huangpu River to its new location on Changxing Island in the Yangtze to make way for construction work for the World Expoa, reports East Day. Work began yesterday to transform the former shipbuilding yard with exhibition buildings and public activity venues for the World Expo. An official with Jiangnan Shipyard said the company will cooperate with the Expo project to help it overcome all difficulties. The company will speed up construction work on its new site on Changxing Island, which is expected to become the biggest shipyard in China. A production line of the new plant went into operation on September 26, 2006, and is expected to complete its first ship in 2008.

A 15,000-ton cargo ship sank on Saturday while trying to berth in the Huangpu River near Nanpu Bridge in Shanghai. Attempts will be made to salvage the Yin Chu this week but it will be a complicated operation, according to maritime officials. source: CCTV

A 15,000-ton cargo ship reportedly sank on Saturday while trying to berth in the Huangpu River near Nanpu Bridge in Shanghai, according to a report on www.shanghaidaily.com. Attempts will be made to salvage the Yin Chu this week but it will be a complicated operation, according to maritime officials. "No one was injured in the accident and no oil polluted the river," said Zhou Zhengbao of the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration. All holes in the ship were blocked soon after the accident to prevent pollution, Zhou said. Two tugboats berthed beside the 150-meter former roll-on-roll-off Yin Chu to prevent it from floating to the middle of the river. It had been turned into a dredge ship by Ruike Shipping Company and was being tested in the river when the accident occurred about 12:30pm.