As many as 17 行方不明の after 貨物 ship 沈むs off Liberia
MONROVIA, July 19 (Reuters) - As many as 17 people were 行方不明の from a 貨物 ship that sank off the coast of Liberia over the 週末 にもかかわらず 存在 閉めだした from setting sail, the 海上の Commissioner said.
The Liberian-登録（する）d Niko Ivanka left the 資本／首都 Monrovia on Saturday for a port in the West African country's south, にもかかわらず 存在 under a 拘留，拘置 order for failing to 会合，会う basic safety 必要物／必要条件s.
The 大型船 sent out a 苦しめる signal that afternoon, 通知するing the coastguard that it had taken on water. By the time 当局 arrived, it had already 部分的に／不公平に sunk.
Eighteen people were on the ship's manifest, 11 of whom had been 救助（する）d during a 36-hour search, commissioner Eugene Nagbe told reporters on Monday.
But those 救助（する）d said that there were in fact about 28 people on board, leaving 17 行方不明の.
"For now, our 関心 is a search and 救助（する） 使節団," Nagbe said. "My 焦点（を合わせる） is the lives of those people 行方不明の."
The 正確な number of 乗客s remained unknown, 副 （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） 大臣 Jarlaywah Tonpoe told Reuters earlier.
"The 大型船 was not a 乗客-authorised 大型船 and yet it had 乗客s on board," Tonpoe said. "So in the coming days, 調査 will 設立する how many people were on board."
It was not （疑いを）晴らす how or why the ship was able to leave harbour or whether it was carrying any 貨物 at the time. The 大型船's owner, a Chinese 国家の, was 逮捕（する）d on Sunday afternoon, Nagbe said.
の中で those 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d on the manifest were a Swedish captain, a Chinese 乗組員 member, and nine members of West Africa's 地域の school examinations 団体／死体. (報告（する）／憶測ing By Alphonso Toweh 令状ing by Edward McAllister Editing by Nick Macfie)
