--- description: Eleven people are missing after a Chinese vessel carrying a cargo of cement sank off the coast of Hong Kong title: Hong Kong Marine Collision Leaves Sailors Missing image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61cbd8fd44ae94fb/69868dcd55a8598ff7a80aa4/ap167828914390.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 11 Missing as Cargo Ship Sinks Off Hong Kong  by [Charlie Campbell](/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large May 5, 2014 9:17 AM CUT  In this file photo from July 31, 2013, hundreds of people participate in a lunch-hour yoga session in Vancouver as the container ship MOL Motivator leaves port via the Burrard Inlet In this file photo from July 31, 2013, hundreds of people participate in a lunch-hour yoga session in Vancouver as the container ship MOL Motivator leaves port via the Burrard InletDarryl Dyck—The Canadian Press  by [Charlie Campbell](/author/charlie-campbell/)  ## Charlie Campbell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Editor at Large May 5, 2014 9:17 AM CUT The search is on for 11 people [missing](http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1504884/11-crew-missing-after-cargo-vessel-sinks-collision-container-ship "undefined") after a Chinese cargo vessel sank off the southeastern extremities of Hong Kong early on Monday morning following a collision with a large container ship. A 47-year-old crew member was rescued by fishing boats nearby and is being treated for minor injuries, according to a police spokeswoman. The _Zhong Xing 2_ was apparently sailing from Hebei province with a dozen crew and a cargo of cement. The 300-m container ship _MOL Motivator_, which is registered in the Marshall Islands, was departing Hong Kong for Yantian in Guangdong at the time of the crash. Hong Kong is one of the world’s busiest ports, and visibility is frequently poor at this time of year because of fog. [According](http://www.mardep.gov.hk/en/publication/ereport.html "undefined") to the city’s Marine Department, 171 people were injured or killed in shipping accidents around the territory last year, down from 232 in 2012 but up from 78 people in 2010. In 2008, the Ukrainian tugboat _Naftogaz-67_ collided with a Chinese cargo vessel, the _Yao Hai_, in local waters with a total loss of 18 lives. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/87509/cargo-ship-zhong-xing-2-sinks-off-hong-kong/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/87509/cargo-ship-zhong-xing-2-sinks-off-hong-kong/"},"headline":"11 Missing as Cargo Ship Sinks Off Hong Kong","datePublished":"2014-05-05T09:17:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:38:54.172Z","description":"Eleven people are missing after a Chinese cargo ship sank off the coast of Hong Kong. The Zhong Xing 2 collided with a container ship, and only one crew member has so far been rescued","url":"https://time.com/87509/cargo-ship-zhong-xing-2-sinks-off-hong-kong/","keywords":["Hong Kong topic","China","Asia"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61cbd8fd44ae94fb/69868dcd55a8598ff7a80aa4/ap167828914390.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlie Campbell","jobTitle":"Editor at Large","url":"https://time.com/author/charlie-campbell/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt61cbd8fd44ae94fb/69868dcd55a8598ff7a80aa4/ap167828914390.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Yoga","caption":"Yoga","creditText":"Darryl Dyck—The Canadian Press","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/87509/cargo-ship-zhong-xing-2-sinks-off-hong-kong/","name":"11 Missing as Cargo Ship Sinks Off Hong Kong"}}]}] ```