1 dead, 4 missing after freighters collide in North Sea
BERLIN – One number has been obtained, two world have been rescued, and also four are lacking out on after two freighters collided in the North Sea off the shore of Germany, the maritime emergency authority said on Tuesday (Oct 24).
The Verity, which the Central Command for Maritime Emergency situations said had sunk, had been on its means from Bremen to the English territory of Immingham with seven staff candidates on board. The Polesie was sailing from Hamburg to La Coruna in Spain.
The four lacking out on staff candidates can be active and also sheltering within the spanning on the sea floor, a representative said during a press conference later on, encompassing a team of scuba divers was gawking for signs of exuberance.
The Verity was toting steel and also had 1,300 cubic metres of diesel on board, the representative added.
The ship collided with the Polesie at approximately 0300 GMT around 12 maritime miles (22 kilometres) southwest of Germany’s Heligoland island chain.
The Polesie had 22 world on board, none of whom were injured, the central command said.
One rescued individual was pilfered to a hospital on land and also the other was on his means to hospital on board the German maritime rescue cruiser Hermann Marwede, it added.
A cruise ship run by P&O Cruise ships was encompassed in the search protocol, a representative for the serviceability provider said.
Police reported solid gales in the territory and also waves of upwards to 3 metres.
