TOSHIMA –
A cargo ship carrying automobiles from Osaka to Tokyo ran aground off Toshima within the Izu Islands earlier than daybreak on June 19, creating an uncommon scene through which a big freighter appeared to have docked at part of the island with no port.
A passerby, shocked to see the big cargo vessel pressed in opposition to the shore the place there was no harbor, took photographs of the scene.
According to the Shimoda Coast Guard Office, the vessel that ran aground was the cargo ship Niraikanai II. A crew member reported that the ship had “run aground while navigating.”
The ship was en route from Osaka to Tokyo with cars and different cargo on board.
Seventeen folks had been aboard on the time, however no accidents had been reported.
The coast guard stated there had been no confirmed leak of heavy oil, the ship’s gasoline.
Source: FNN