Turkish freighter breached, crew evacuated in Black sea

  01 February 2018    Read: 2091
Turkish freighter breached, crew evacuated in Black sea
Turkish freighter BERG suffered hull breach under unknown circumstances on Jan 31 in Crimea Peninsula waters, while en route from Kerch, Crimea, to Bandirma, Turkey.  

The ship changed course and headed for Feodosia Bay, Crimea, where, AzVision.az reports citing the Russian Emergency Agency.

She was brought to anchor. 12 crew were evacuated, divers were to survey damages. As of 0600 UTC Feb 1, the ship was off Feodosia, at anchor, according to Russian authorities.

General cargo ship BERG, IMO 8896039, dwt 3260, built 1974, flag Moldova, manager EFEM GEMI KIRALAMA VE DENIZ, Istanbul.

 

Read original article on project-https://azvision.az/redirect.php?url=http://maritimebulletin.net.


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