Chinese vessel mainly to blame for sinking of Philippine boat in South China Sea, but Filipino crew had ‘deficiencies’: leaked report

A leaked report into the June 9 ramming and sinking of Philippine vessel F/B Gem-Ver in the disputed South China Sea has found the Chinese vessel involved to be mainly at fault for the incident, and that it “failed to take appropriate action to avoid the risk of collision and to render assistance to a vessel in distress”. While it said the incident was a “very serious marine casualty due to the total loss of the [Philippine] ship”, the report also found that F/B Gem-Ver had certain…