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Agnes Lam

Poor visibility and fog were blamed for two shipping accidents yesterday.

 The first collision happened off the China Resources oil depot at Tsing Yi at 9.35am.

 Two catamarans were involved, one heading from Tuen Mun to Central with 32 passengers and seven crew and the other from Tsim Sha Tsui to He Shan, Guangdong, with about 50 people on board.

 A woman, 63, from the Guangdong-bound Xin He Shan was admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for observation.

 Senior marine officer Lau Ka-kui said the two catamarans had slowed because of restricted visibility and said fog was to blame.

 'Visibility was only around one nautical mile when the two ships crashed,' he said.

  The Xin He Shan, which suffered damage to the bow and had windows and chairs broken, returned to the China Hong Kong Ferry Terminal.

 At 9.45am, a mainland tug boat and a local cargo freighter collided off Discovery Bay. No injuries were reported.

 Marine Police and the Marine Department are jointly investigating the collisions.

 Ferry services from Hong Kong to Macau and the mainland were affected by the fog, with many delays.

 A spokesman for Turbo Jet said the one-hour trip to Macau was taking up to 30 minutes longer.

 The Observatory said the misty weather, caused by the humid maritime airstream, would end with the arrival of a cold front which would clear the fog today.



Ships collide as fog reduces visibility