Human error suspected in Baltic Ace sinking

Transportation

Friday, December 07, 2012

The cause of a deadly accident between a car carrier and small containership off the coast of Rotterdam Wednesday night was still not formally known, but suspected to be caused by human error, according to a report by Reuters . Meanwhile, the death toll from the collision between between the 3,000-unit car carrier Baltic Ace and the 700-TEU feeder vessel Corvus J rose to 11, as rescuers were unable to find seven crew members reported missing from the accident. Four other crew were ...

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