All 15 crew members have been rescued after their tilted tugboat grounded early Saturday morning less than 30 nautical miles away from a port in Shanghai, the Ministry of Communications said on Saturday.

    On its way to an anchor station, the "Baotug 2" ran aground and lurched at 2:25 a.m. Saturday near a guide levee north of the mouth of the Yangtze River, which "threatened the lives of crew onboard", said Lu Xiujun, a stuff member on duty at the Dohai Rescue Bureau of the ministry.

    Two salvage vessels arrived at the site at 3:47 a.m. and rescued all the crew that had got away from the stranded tug on a raft. The hull valve of the tug was also shut in case of oil leakage.

    The 15 crew landed on the Waigaoqiao Port in Shanghai at 8:30 a.m.