Sunday, April 26, 2009

Russian trawler sank off the coast of Norway.

The Russian trawler "Koralnes" sank in the Barents Sea 130 km off the coast of Norway, the Norwegian edition of The Norway Post on Friday, April 24. According to preliminary information, the ship sank during a storm.
All 17 crew members were rescued. 15 seamen were picked up by another Russian trawlers with rescue rafts and two seamen were raised from the water Norwegian rescue helicopter service.
The name of the Russian ship that had come to the aid of a signal of distress is not specified. Sailors saved Norway helicopter, taken to the hospital the Norwegian city of Tromso. On their health status has not reported.
Recall, in March 2008 the Russian trawler "Koralnes" was arrested on Norwegian Coast Guard for violating the rules of fishing. Later, the owner (Russian JSC "Sevrybkom-1) has been fined by the authorities of Norway for an amount of 500 thousand Norwegian kroner (about 100 thousand U.S. dollars) for the fact that the captain has not informed the Norwegian side of the end of fishing in the Norwegian economic zone and on the level of the catch.

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