The Ningbo Coast Guard in Zhejiang province released news yesterday that Ningbo has cracked the case of a maritime accident involving foreign suspects. A crew from the Philippines has been approved for arrest by the Procuratorate in Ningbo's Beilun district.

The bulk cargo ship Catalina was being piloted by its second officer on the way from Lianyungang to Indonesia on May 7, 2016. At about 3:34 a.m., as the ship was traveling through the Xiangshan area in heavy fog and with poor visibility, it collided with the fishing vessel Lurongyu 58398. By failing to judge the collision risk in a timely fashion and driving at an unsafe speed, the second officer violated provisions of International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea.

Evidence from the voyage data recorder (VDR) on Catalina and analysis of their trajectories show that the vessels shared an overlapping position when the accident took place, and Catalina navigated away without making any efforts at rescuing the Chinese fishing vessel, according to the Ningbo Coast Guard.

The second officer has been detained since Oct. 28. He will be sentenced in the near future.