Mitsui O.S.K. Lines
The accident involved the 79,400 ton Mitsui O.S.K. Lines container ship "MOL Motivator", registered in the Marshall Islands with a crew of 24, and the long Chinese ship "Zhong Xing 2", carrying a cargo of cement with 12 crew. "MOL Motivator" was travelling from Hong Kong to Yantian, while "Zhong Xing 2" was travelling from Hebei to Haikou.