Several Injuries Reported as Offshore Wind Crewboat Collides with Cargo Ship Off Germany
Several individuals have actually suffered injuries after an overseas wind crewboat hit an 81-meter freight ship in the Baltic Sea off the shore of Germany on Tuesday.
A total amount of fifteen individuals aboard the Danish- flagged staff transfer vessel World Bora were wounded when it hit the Cyprus- flagged Raba at around 7:30 a.m. regional time around 3 maritime miles from the German Island of Rügen, German authorities stated.
Police stated the World Bora had 4 staff participants and also eleven employees aboard and also it got on its means to the Viking wind ranch in Germany’s Exclusive Economic Zone at the time of the crash. Ten of the sufferers were reported as having significant injuries.
The World Bora is developed to move employees and also freight to and also from overseas wind ranches.
Photos launched by German authorities reveal damages to the starboard side of the freight shipRaba
AIS ship monitoring information reveals the freight ship is cruising from Copenhagen, Denmark to Szczecin, Poland.
No contamination has actually been reported.