New Zealand suspended shipments of live cattle after a vessel carrying more than 5,800 cows sank during rough weather on the way to China, leaving dozens of sailors missing and dead animals floating in the sea. The large cargo ship called Gulf Livestock 1 was traveling from Napier, on the eastern coast of New Zealand’s North Island, to an international seaport about 170 miles from Beijing. Japan’s coast guard received a distress signal from the vessel at 1:44 a.m. on Sept. 2 from the East China Sea as a typhoon passed through...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 04, 2020 11:31 UTC