China says Iranian oil tanker wreck located 1/17/2018 4:18:59 PM The Sanchi, which was carrying 136,000 tonnes of light crude oil from Iran, ran into a cargo ship off China earlier this month BEIJING (AFP) 17 January 2018 -- The wreck of an Iranian oil tanker that collided with a cargo ship off China this month has been located, Beijing said Wednesday, but gave no new details about the environmental impact of the disaster. The Sanchi, which was carrying 136,000 tonnes of light crude oil from Iran, ran into Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter the CF Crystal on January 6, sparking a fire that Chinese rescue ships struggled to extinguish. It sank on Sunday after a new and massive fire erupted, sending a cloud of black smoke as high as a kilometre above the East China Sea. The bodies of only three of the 32 crew members -- 30 Iranians and two Bangladeshis -- have been found. On Monday Chinese ships scrambled to clean-up a massive oil spill amid fears of dev...

Iranian tanker sinks engulfed in flames, official says no hope of survivors 1/14/2018 3:31:34 PM The Sanchi, carrying 136,000 tons of light crude oil from Iran, had been in flames since colliding with the CF Crystal Beijing,  AFP,  14 January 2018 -- An Iranian oil tanker burst into flames from end to end and sank Sunday, eight days after a collision with a cargo ship off China, state media said. A Tehran official said even before news of the sinking that there was no hope of saving some 30 missing crewmen. But Chinese officials played down fears of a major environmental disaster. The Sanchi, carrying 136,000 tons of light crude oil from Iran, had been in flames since colliding with the CF Crystal, a Hong Kong-registered bulk freighter, on January 6.    The Sanchi, carrying 136,000 tons of light crude oil from Iran Around midday Sunday the ship “suddenly ignited”, with the entire vessel burning fiercely and a pall of smoke ar...