{"id":98345,"date":"2026-02-22T14:09:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T17:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shipping.einnews.com\/article\/894568941"},"modified":"2026-02-22T14:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T17:09:54","slug":"21-year-old-female-navigator-arrested-over-fatal-cargo-ship-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/21-year-old-female-navigator-arrested-over-fatal-cargo-ship-collision\/","title":{"rendered":"21-Year-Old Female Navigator Arrested Over Fatal Cargo Ship Collision"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nMIE<\/span>, Feb 23 (News On Japan<\/span><\/a>) – A 21-year-old navigation officer was arrested after a cargo vessel collided with a recreational fishing boat off the coast of Toba, Mie Prefecture, leaving two men dead and multiple others injured.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Police arrested Sugimoto Nami, a navigation officer with Hiroshima-based shipping firm Shinsei Kaiun, on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death and injury following the accident that occurred shortly before 1 p.m. on February 20th while she was operating the cargo ship Shinsei Maru.<\/p>\n

Investigators allege Sugimoto failed to keep a proper lookout ahead while steering the vessel, causing it to collide with the fishing boat Kosei Maru and resulting in the deaths of Yukichi Taniguchi, 84, and another passenger.<\/p>\n

The impact of the collision threw 13 people into the sea, including the two victims who later died, while 10 others suffered injuries ranging from minor to serious.<\/p>\n

Sugimoto admitted to investigators that she had been at the helm and that the vessel collided with the fishing boat.<\/p>\n

The Japan Coast Guard\u2019s Toba office is also questioning the 66-year-old captain of the fishing boat on a voluntary basis as part of its investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/span> FNN<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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