Vice commander of the Chinese rescue vessel "Nanhaijiu 101" Zhang Jianxin watches as the ship approaching Qiandaohu comprehensive supply ship, as both of them head toward Singapore to join in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, March 18, 2014. At 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, China's Ministry of Transportation ordered all Chinese vessels in the Gulf of Thailand to leave for searches in the waters southeast of the Bay of Bengal and near the Sunda Strait. [Xinhua]