Six missing after tug capsizes off Busan

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A tugboat capsized off Busan while assisting a container ship, resulting in one death and six missing persons. The incident occurred near Oryukdo, involving the capsized tug TNS Catcher and the MSC Ikaria VI containership.

One seafarer has died and six remain missing after the tug TNS Catcher capsized while assisting a containership off Busan yesterday. The 286-tonne tug overturned at around 1.29pm, about 9 km east of Oryukdo, while working with two other tugs to manoeuvre the MSC Ikaria VI, a 5,576 teu, Liberia-flagged containership. Of the eight people …