wo people drowned and eight are still missing after two cargo ships collided off south-western Greece early on Monday, the Greek coastguard said.The drowned and missing crew were from the Pirireis, sailing under a Cook
Islands flag, which was in a collision with the ConSouth carrier about
75 nautical miles off the islet of Sapienza, a coastguard official said.The German-owned ConSouth, sailing under an Antigua-Barbuda flag, was not seriously damaged and its crew of 16 was reported safe.Turkish-owned "Pirireis had a crew of 17. The ConSouth ship recovered two drowned with eight
still missing," said the official who declined to be named.The official said two coastguard vessels, joined by a navy helicopter and a C-130 aircraft, had launched search-and-rescue operations, assisted by
five ships sailing in the area."The weather was fine, the
sea was calm," Dimitris Kafantaris, mayor of the nearby coastal town of
Pylos, told state-run TV Net. "Authorities are also checking to see if
there was any pollution from the sinking."The coastguard
said the Pirireis, owned by the Turkish shipping firm Emiroglu, was
transporting fertilisers from Algeria to Ukraine.Pirireis Ship Type: General cargo
Year Built 1979
Length x Breadth:: 133 m X 13 m
Gross Tonnage: 8239, Detveyt: 13206 t
Kaydedilen Hız (En Çok / Ortalama): 10.6 / 10.1 knots
Bayrak: Cook Is [CK]
Çağrı İşareti: E5U2400
IMO: 7916727, MMSI: 518450000ConsouthShip Type: Container ship
Year Built: 1998
Length x Breadth: 127 m X 20 m
Gross Tonnage: 7171, DeadWeight: 8937 t
Speed recorded (Max / Average): 14.1 / 13.2 knots
Flag: Antigua Barbuda [AG]
Call Sign: V2BY7
IMO: 9145255, MMSI: 304961000
Year Built 1979
Length x Breadth:: 133 m X 13 m
Gross Tonnage: 8239, Detveyt: 13206 t
Kaydedilen Hız (En Çok / Ortalama): 10.6 / 10.1 knots
Bayrak: Cook Is [CK]
Çağrı İşareti: E5U2400
IMO: 7916727, MMSI: 518450000ConsouthShip Type: Container ship
Year Built: 1998
Length x Breadth: 127 m X 20 m
Gross Tonnage: 7171, DeadWeight: 8937 t
Speed recorded (Max / Average): 14.1 / 13.2 knots
Flag: Antigua Barbuda [AG]
Call Sign: V2BY7
IMO: 9145255, MMSI: 304961000