MALTA / MARSHALL ISLANDS - Crews rescued after ships collide

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Tuesday,

31 January 2006,

08:53 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crews

rescued after ships collide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The crew of a chemical tanker has been rescued after a collision with a

bulk carrier in the English Channel.

Twelve people have been rescued by the coastguard helicopter

based at Lee-on-Solent and another 10 by the St Peter Port lifeboat from Guernsey.

The vessel Ece, which is carrying 10,000 tonnes of phosphoric

acid, is listing heavily and said to be in danger of sinking.

A coastguard spokesman said the tanker was leaking.

Fred Caygill said the 8,000 tonne tanker was " significantly

damaged " , but dismissed fears that the chemical, widely used in the food

industry, could harm the waters.

" Phosphoric acid does not pose a pollution threat. It has

dissolved in the sea " , he said.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The English Channel is one of the busiest shipping

lanes in the world

 

Coastguard

spokesman

 

 

 

The Maltese-registered carrier,

General Grot-Rowecki, is believed to only be slightly damaged.

The alarm was raised at about 0220

GMT when the vessels collided about 30

miles north west of the Channel Island of Guernsey.

RAF Search and Rescue teams and coastguards from Guernsey and Alderney joined their

French counterparts.

'Textbook' rescue

The crew abandoned the tanker, registered

in the Marshall Islands in the

Pacific, and donned lifejackets as they waited for assistance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4664564.stm

 

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