The 17,220-dwt Beagle III (built 2009) struck the 710-teu Pegasus Prime (built 2004) at around 0310 local time on Tuesday.

The incident took place in the Uraga Channel in the mouth of the Tokyo Bay with both vessels reportedly on opposite courses.

Reports about casualties on the Beagle II are confused with reports that eight or nine of the ship’s twenty-man crew are missing.

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