ANKARA – A Palau-flagged freight ship has sunk off the coast of Turkey’s Black Sea province of Bartin, killing two crew members, the coast guard said on Jan. 17, adding that search and rescue operations for more crew members were continuing. The Russian state agency overseeing sea and river fleets said that only two crew members were Russian nationals and that the vessel belonged to the Ukrainian company Arvin Shipping Ltd.
Reuters: Freight ship, reportedly Ukrainian, sinks in Black Sea, 2 dead
(FILES) Ships wait at the entrance of the Bosphorus Blue Mosque (L) during sundown on Jan. 23, 2014, in Istanbul.
