Greek authorities have successfully airlifted all six crewmembers of the "Mare", among them three Turks, two Azeris and a Georgian, off the vessel, which had been enroute from Lanarka to Bizerte carrying 800 tons of bulk cargo and 400 packaged mineral feldspar, after she ran into severe trouble in a gale near Kolymvari just off the southern island of Crete on Jan 13, 2015.
A Super Puma Navy helicopter hoisted the crew in the late afternoon and took them to Chania when the ship was anchored in 9-10 Bf winds 0,5 miles off Kolimbari at the northwestern coast of Crete. The Turkish master initially requested to abandon the ship in the morning, but later told Greek authorities he had the situation under control which changed again at 3 p.m. Three tugs were heading for the abandoned ship.
How it happened?
The Headquarters of the Coast Guard / Greek Coast Guard issued a statement about the incident of abandonment of the ship «MARE», off Chania.
"The Master of the cargo ship« MARE »flag St. Vincent, with five foreign crew members, yesterday morning (Tuesday 13/1), and while the ship was docked in the sea area of Chania bay, particularly in the area ' KOLYMVARI at a distance of 1.15 nm from the nearest land, said abandonment due to adverse weather conditions prevailing in the area (north winds 9 bf).
The ship had sailed from Turkey destined Tunisia laden with 800 tons of bulk cargo and 400 tonnes of packaged mineral feldspar (feldspar).Directly under the coordination of the Coordination Center for Search and Rescue (JRCC), was ordered to rush to the area overhead means when helicopter took off the PN (Sikorsky), while on the coast went patrol vehicle OS-EL.AKT. and vehicles of the Fire and Ambulance.
The first rescue operation Captain broke abandonment request, but by JRCC ordered stay of the helicopter in direct hand in Souda Airport. Captain requested re ship abandonment, afternoon, so all crew members to be rescued by helicopter above, and since transferred to Souda port diekomisthisan General Hospital of Chania precaution.The ship remains moored in the marine area and supervised by land from OS-EL.AKT forces.
Developments for the incident will be announced at a later press release.
A Super Puma Navy helicopter hoisted the crew in the late afternoon and took them to Chania when the ship was anchored in 9-10 Bf winds 0,5 miles off Kolimbari at the northwestern coast of Crete. The Turkish master initially requested to abandon the ship in the morning, but later told Greek authorities he had the situation under control which changed again at 3 p.m. Three tugs were heading for the abandoned ship.
How it happened?
The Headquarters of the Coast Guard / Greek Coast Guard issued a statement about the incident of abandonment of the ship «MARE», off Chania.
"The Master of the cargo ship« MARE »flag St. Vincent, with five foreign crew members, yesterday morning (Tuesday 13/1), and while the ship was docked in the sea area of Chania bay, particularly in the area ' KOLYMVARI at a distance of 1.15 nm from the nearest land, said abandonment due to adverse weather conditions prevailing in the area (north winds 9 bf).
The ship had sailed from Turkey destined Tunisia laden with 800 tons of bulk cargo and 400 tonnes of packaged mineral feldspar (feldspar).Directly under the coordination of the Coordination Center for Search and Rescue (JRCC), was ordered to rush to the area overhead means when helicopter took off the PN (Sikorsky), while on the coast went patrol vehicle OS-EL.AKT. and vehicles of the Fire and Ambulance.
The first rescue operation Captain broke abandonment request, but by JRCC ordered stay of the helicopter in direct hand in Souda Airport. Captain requested re ship abandonment, afternoon, so all crew members to be rescued by helicopter above, and since transferred to Souda port diekomisthisan General Hospital of Chania precaution.The ship remains moored in the marine area and supervised by land from OS-EL.AKT forces.
Developments for the incident will be announced at a later press release.