In Sweden arrested the captain and Navigator of a cargo vessel with diesel fuel, went aground on Saturday, September 23, South of port of Oskarshamn on the East coast of the country. About TASS reported in the Swedish police.
It was said that men 35 and 50 years — the citizens of Russia. They are charged with the management of a vessel while intoxicated. In addition, the oldest of them “imputed negligence”.
The 80-metre vessel under the flag of the Faroe Islands went from Visby, Gotland, in Oskarshamn.
“In the fuel tanks of the ship is 44 thousand liters of diesel fuel, which must not fall into the sea. Our task is to take the necessary measures so that later the owner was able to tow the ship in a safe way”, — said the head of rescue Philip Lundgren.
In the coast guard for the protection of Sweden believe that the removal of the vessel off the rocks and towing can take several days.
A similar incident occurred off the coast of Sweden in June 2014. In the øresund Strait at the Swedish port of Helsingborg, stranded villages, the cargo ship captain who was in a condition of strong alcoholic intoxication. The ship flying the Maltese flag, was able to escape and return to harbour