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Ship with 12 crew sinks off Black Sea coast
A cargo ship with 12 crew on board sank in rough waters off the Black Sea coast early on Saturday, Bulgarian authorities said, citing preliminary information.
- Agencies
- Published: 18:27 September 27, 2008
Sofia: A cargo ship with 12 crew on board sank in rough waters off the Black Sea coast early on Saturday, Bulgarian authorities said, citing preliminary information.
It was not yet known whether any of the 11 Ukrainian and one Russian seamen aboard the North Korean-flagged Tolstoy survived as stormy conditions hampered rescue operations, said Nikolay Apostolov head of Bulgaria's Maritime Administration Agency.
The ship, which carried about 2,500 tonnes of metal scarp and was sailing from Russia to Turkey, sank at about 4 a.m. (0100 GMT) some 12 miles off Cape Emine on Bulgaria's Black Sea coast, officials said. It issued no SOS call, they said.
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