1.   A Japanese fish processor sank after colliding with a Chinese freighter in heavy fog.

2.   Chinese freighters will be prohibited from picking up goods in Kaohsiung, which will serve as a transshipment center for goods to third countries.

3.   Kim snuck on board a Chinese freighter in Inchon port west of Seoul Saturday.

4.   Taiwan plans to allow Chinese freighters to visit its ports, removing another barrier to shipping links with China, an official said Monday.

5.   The Chinese freighter Sheng Da inaugurated the direct route last Saturday, sailing from Xiamen to Kaohsiung, followed on Sunday by the Hua Rong, sailing from Fuzhou.

6.   The Chinese freighters will be prohibited from picking up goods in Kaohsiung, which will serve as a transhipment center for goods to third countries.

7.   The Chinese freighters will be prohibited from picking up goods in Kaohsiung, which will serve as a transshipment center for goods to third countries.

8.   The statement said the Chinese freighter had been heading for North Korea with rice from Bangkok.

9.   A Chinese freighter refusing to fly the Taiwanese flag has been barred from calling here for emergency repairs, a port official said Sunday.

10.   One of the nine crew members of the South Korean vessel was rescued by the Chinese freighter but the remaining eight were missing.