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NYK Chartered M/V Alpha Action Involved in Collision with Containership

July 27, 2007

On July 27, 2007, at 01:50 local time, M/V Alpha Action, chartered by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK; head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), and containership M/V Wan Hai 307 collided at a location 12 kilometers southwest of Oshima, Japan. M/V Alpha Action had sailed from Nagoya, Japan, on the previous day and was heading to Chile. No casualties have been reported.

According to the Japan Coast Guard, a small amount of oil from M/V Wan Hai 307 has been discovered. Both ships are now drifting to the east of where the collision occurred.

§ Principal Particulars of the Ships

M/V Alpha Action
Gross Tonnage (G/T)77,211 tons
RegisteredGreece
BuiltJune 1994
OwnerCustom Navigation Ltd.
CaptainKaragiorgis Markos; 48 years old
Crew10 Greeks; 13 Filipinos(Karagiorgis Markos)
Owner's AgentHeisei Shipping Agencies Ltd, 4-9-1 Shiba Minato-ku, Tokyo; Tel: 03-5476-5710
M/V Wan Hai 307
Gross Tonnage (G/T)25,836 tons
RegisteredSingapore
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