There are fears that 13 sailors may have perished over the past week when two cargo ships were ripped apart in separate incidents. On 9 February, a 1,400grt Russian cargo vessel was split in two when it was hit by a South Korean containership off the coast of South Korea.
Reports suggest the newly built 80,000-tonne South Korean ship was undergoing sea trails when it struck the Alexandra off the coast of Ulsan.
To date, reports indicate that only one sailor from the crew of 11 Russians aboard the Alexandra was saved, after he managed to clamber onto a raft.
Four sailors have been found dead and another six are unaccounted for.
The South Korean Master of the newbuild vessel has been detained by officials for questioning.
The Alexandra was sailing from Japan to China when disaster struck.
Then, on 13 February, a Turkish cargo ship, caught in a powerful storm while anchored off the coast of Sochi on the Black Sea, was torn in two.
Rescuers attached ropes to the ship and 10 sailors managed to get ashore. But two other crewmembers were seen to be in the water after the vessel had broken in two.
According to reports, attempts to find the two missing sailors were called off later on Sunday due to the bad weather.
The Tanzania-flagged ship was carrying basalt to Sochi for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
Source: IFW
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