The car-carrier Baltic Ace has sunk in the North Sea after a collision with the container ship Corvus J. The Baltic Ace had a crew of 24 of whom 18 have been rescued from life-rafts and 5 are known to have died. The Baltic Ace was carrying 1400 new Mitsubishi cars destined for Russia via Finland and which are all lost. Human error is being blamed.
Baltic Ace
AutoMotorSport:It was a car carrier on the way from Belgium to Finland with 1400 Mitsubishi cars which collided with a container ship on Wednesday. ….. The second vessel, Corvus J, survived relatively unscathed and all crew members are still on board.
A large rescue effort with ships, helicopters and aircraft have searched for survivors, but rough seas and strong winds hampered the search. …. the chance of finding any more survivors is now considered non-existent.
Dutch police are now investigating whether it is possible to start a criminal investigation even though the accident occurred in international waters.
Collision course: graphic shipoftheday.blogspot.com
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