Griechischer Frachter im Ärmelkanal gesunken Ereignis

Ein griechischer Frachter geriet am 13. Januar 2008 im Ärmelkanal in Seenot. Der Frachter sank schließlich am 15. Januar in den frühen Morgenstunden bei schwerer See rund 40 Kilometer vor der Landzunge Portland Bill im Süden Englands. Die Ice Prince hat 5300 Tonnen Holz und zudem geschätzte 313 Tonnen Treibstoff an Bord.

The cargo ship Ice Prince, which was en route to Alexandria carrying more than 5,000 metric tonnes of sawn timber, made an emergency call to the coastguard on the evening of January 13 after getting into difficulties 27 miles off the Devon coast. It eventually sank 26 miles south south east off the coast of Portland Bill, Dorset, in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The Ice Prince had been carrying an estimated 313 metric tons of intermediate fuel oil and other lubricating oils in the engine spaces.