Thai cargoship Sea Utility probed in alleged hit-and-run

By Keith Wallis in Hong Kong - Tuesday 12 May 2009

OFFICIALS in Shanghai are probing an alleged hit-and-run collision between the 10,016 dwt general cargoship Sea Utility and a Chinese fishing vesselwhich left one one fisherman dead and eight others missing.

The 1975-built ship is owned by Bangkok-based shipping company S Navigation, part of the Sang Thai group.