NYK Chartered M/V Alpha Action Involved in Collision with Containership
On July 27, 2007, at 01:50 local time, M/V Alpha Action, chartered by Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK; head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), and containership M/V Wan Hai 307 collided at a location 12 kilometers southwest of Oshima, Japan.
M/V Alpha Action had sailed from Nagoya, Japan, on the previous day and was heading to Chile.
No casualties have been reported. According to the Japan Coast Guard, a small amount of oil from M/V Wan Hai 307 has been discovered. Both ships are now drifting to the east of where the collision occurred.
