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riverwalker

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5. 4 dead seven missing

Reply to undeterred (Original post)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 07:13 PM

Dec 2012

The 148-metre (485-foot) Baltic Ace was sailing under a Bahamas flag and carrying cars from Zeebrugge in Belgium to Kotka in Finland.

Its 24 crew abandoned ship as it sank quickly after colliding with the Cyprus-registered container ship, the Corvus J, sailing from Grangemouth in Scotland to the Belgian port of Antwerp.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20616997

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Rescue operation under way after ships collide in North Sea [View all] undeterred Dec 2012 OP

This may sound stupid but the North Sea is quite large. How in hell could these two vessels run monmouth3 Dec 2012 #1

Texting??? elleng Dec 2012 #2

Oceans are large; shipping lanes are narrow. Posteritatis Dec 2012 #3

Maybe it was dark and nobody was paying attention? undeterred Dec 2012 #4

It happended in one of the busiest seaways in the world muriel_volestrangler Dec 2012 #6

4 dead seven missing riverwalker Dec 2012 #5