The fatal accident off the Dutch North Sea coast has probably eleven sailors killed. Five people were after the collision of two cargo ships on Wednesday night only to be found dead, six sailors were then still missing. The Dutch Coast Guard stopped searching for them but starting on Thursday. Given the icy waters and the time that had elapsed since the accident on Wednesday admit is no hope of finding them alive, said spokesman Peter Westenberg.
The loaded 148 meters long, with cars freighter "Baltic Ace" had collided on Wednesday in the dark with the 134-meter long container ship "Corvus J" and declined. Even the "Corvus J" was badly damaged, the risk that she was going, but not. The accident occurred 65 kilometers off the coast of the southern Netherlands. 13 people were rescued from the icy water. The exact cause of the crash was not immediately known, according to Coast Guard.
The "Baltic Ace" was en route from Zeebrugge in Belgium to Kotka in Finland, the "Corvus J" went from Grangemouth in Scotland to Antwerp in Belgium. The crew of the "Baltic Ace" came from Bulgaria, Poland, Ukraine and the Philippines.