Rescue workers transporting on a barge the victims who died after a tug boat sank in the Yangtze River, near Jingjiang, Jiangsu province, today. – Reuters pic, January 17, 2015.Chinese authorities have confirmed that 21 people were killed and one was missing after a tug boat undergoing sea trials sank in the Yangtze River, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported today.The 30m boat had 25 people on board when it sank on Thursday, including eight foreigners – four Singaporeans, an Indonesian, a Malaysian, an Indian and a Japanese, it said.Three people, all Chinese, had been rescued. All eight foreigners died.Sembcorp Marine Ltd, a Singapore-based shipbuilder, said yesterday the tug boat that its subsidiary, Jurong Marine Services Pte Ltd, had planned to charter sank during a sea trial. Three of the company's employees were on board.Sembcorp Marine is part of Sembcorp Industries Ltd , an industrial conglomerate with Singapore's state investor Temasek Holdings being the biggest shareholder.Xinhua said the 368-tonne boat was built by Anhui Bengbu Shenzhou Machinery Co Ltd in October. – Reuters, January 17, 2015.
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