Russia’s sinking dry-cargo ship towed to Baku

 Russia’s sinking dry-cargo ship towed to Baku
# 16 December 2008 10:13 (UTC +04:00)
He added that boats of the Caspian Basin Emergency Rescue Service under the Ministry rescued all the crewmembers and there is no problem with them.
Russian flagged Sarmat-1 dry-cargo ship en route to Iran from Astrakhan drifting in the sea after engine breakdown made a distress call for help.
Azerbaijan sent a tugboat and rescue boat which towed the ship to Azerbaijani coast and rescued the crew. None of 11 crewmembers on board the ship reportedly carrying 2,200 metric tons of steel feed were injured.
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