04.01. London (PAP / Media) – North of Scotland sank a small ship designed to transport cement. According to the owner an eight-person crew, which is considered to be lost, representing 7 Poles and Filipino. The action was stopped searching for survivors on Saturday night because of darkness and bad weather.
The Ship “Cemfjord” sailed with a cargo of cement from Aalborg in Denmark to the port of Runcorn, Cheshire, UK. The last time a vessel flying the Cypriot flag was seen on Friday, approx. H. 13.30 local time. At sea prevailed then very bad weather.
According to British media, until Saturday approx. H. 14.30 local time, the crew of space shuttle “Hossey” noted in the Strait Pentland Firth, between the north-east Scotland and Orkney, approx. 15 nautical miles northeast of the small port of Wick, overturned wreck, whose bow remained above water. Nearby not noticed rafts or lifeboats. Ferry crew alerted the emergency services.
The shipowner Brise Hamburg Gmbh Shiffahrts reported that the ship’s crew consisted of 7 Poles and Filipino. The information was confirmed by PAP Polish consulate in Edinburgh. Foreign Ministry spokesman Marcin Wojciechowski said that Polish diplomatic “verify whether cementowca on board, which sank off the coast of Scotland were Polish citizens, and what is their fate.”
According to the owner, who employs many Polish sailors of the ship’s crew is not received emergency signals. In the area there was then a very bad storm weather, which persists.
In a large-scale search action took part in Saturday RAF helicopters, rescue vessels from ports in Thurso, Wick, Longhope and Stromness as well as the coast guard units. According to the British Maritime Rescue Agency and the Coast Guard has been observed so far no survivors.
Due to the maturing of darkness was quenched on Saturday late in the evening; to be resumed on Sunday. In the area of the crash remained tug “Hercules”, which illuminates the place of tragedy and warned passing ships.
The action is coordinated with Shetland. Probably wreck on Sunday will be towed to the port of Wick.
“We fear the worst, but will continue to work as long as you can, using all the means at our disposal” – told ITV Susan Todd Rescue Agency Maritime and Coast Guard.
“For a while we look for people in the water and lifeboats on board in the hope that someone managed to take refuge in them” – she added.
According to experts, to overturn the ship, combined with the fact that there were no calls for help can attest to the fact that the ship rolled over and began to sink so suddenly and quickly that it zdążono from his deck to send a Mayday signal . Due to the fact that the search and rescue action began only after encountering wreck, probably failed as automatic actuation systems transmit such signals.
With more 83 meters long “Cemfjord”, with a displacement of 2,301 tonnes, was built 30 years ago as a universal vessel for the carriage of goods. In 1998. It was rebuilt and adapted for transporting cement.
He informed the British newspaper “The Independent” in its online edition, “Cemfjord” already has a serious accident. In July last year. R. Aground near the island of Læsø, off the northern coast of Denmark. It concluded that the 57-year-old Russian master of the vessel at the time of the accident was drunk.
W.Brytania.U ship sank off the coast of Scotland, among the crew Poles – Gazeta.pl
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