The largest wooden boat in the Central region sank, 2 fishermen missing

While fishing in the Gulf of Tonkin, fisherman Nguyen Suong's wooden fishing boat sank. Five people were rescued, while two others are missing.

On the afternoon of May 31, Mr. Bui Tan Nguyen, Director of the Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center Region 2 (based in Da Nang), said that fishing boat DNa 90604 TS of fisherman Nguyen Suong (35 years old, residing in Nai Hien Dong ward, Son Tra district, Da Nang) sank at sea.

On the night of May 30, this fishing boat was fishing at 19.16 degrees North latitude - 105.53 degrees East longitude (in the Gulf of Tonkin) when the accident happened. "There were 7 fishermen on board. 5 fishermen were rescued by the boat DNa 90603, also owned by Mr. Suong. 2 fishermen are still missing," said Mr. Nguyen.

Fishing boat DNa 90603 of Mr. Nguyen Suong, launched with boat DNa 90604. Photo: Da Nang Newspaper.

According to Mr. Nguyen, the Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center Region 1 (based in Hai Phong) is rescuing and searching for the fishermen. All information is being monitored and supported by the center.

Mr. Nguyen said that both Center 1 and Center 2 have not yet grasped the cause of the ship sinking.

Fishing boat DNa 90604TS was launched in May 2014.with a capacity of 1,150 CV, 21 m long, 6 m wide and 3.8 m high, with an investment of 4.5 billion VND. Mr. Suong also built another boat of the same type, registration number DNa 90603TS, with the same technical specifications for trawl fishing.

This pair of boats are wooden-hulled fishing boats.largest in the Central region.Both ships were built according to the model of Thai fishing boats, operating in the fishing fleet, providing logistics services for Da Nang fishermen in the Hoang Sa and Truong Sa fishing grounds.

According to VNE