Chinese cargo ship grounded, breached

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General cargo ship XIN YUAN HONG ran aground in Jiaojiang river estuary, Taizhou, Zhejiang province, China, East China sea, at around 0150 Beijing time Jul 14. Hull was breached with ensuing water ingress, 13 crew prepared to abandoned vessel. Patrol boat was sent to assist and rescued crew if necessary. Crew managed to take water ingress under control, vessel refloated at 0410, with high tide, and at 0745 Beijing time was berthed at Jiaojiang Port.
General cargo ship XIN YUAN HONG, MMSI 413352190, dwt 5020, flag China.

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My name is Mikhail Voytenko, I’m Russian, professional merchant marine navigator, by education and former experience. I own and run Maritime Bulletin website for more than 10 years. I've been involved in solving a number of piracy hijack cases, including the hijack of ro-ro FAINA, loaded with tanks. It was me who made public, and unravel, freighter ARCTIC SEA mystery. I've been also closely involved in a number of maritime disaster, one of them being MSC FLAMINIA major fire.