Japanese Ro-Ro Cargo Ferry Goes Hard Aground on Its Way to Tokyo

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A cargo ship operated by the major Japanese shipping company RKK Line swerved in one of the Izu Islands, south of Tokyo, on Friday (19). The Japan Coast Guard informed that the boat, which was carrying vehicles from Osaka to Tokyo, swerved in a rocky sand bank near Toshima Island around 3:30 a.m., local time (15:30 Thursday in Brasilia). At least 17 crew members were on board, but there were no injuries. There was also no oil leak. The cause of …