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3 injured and 5 missing in the latest maritime accident of a Maltese flagged bulk carrier

20 / 10 / 11

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A Maltese registered bulk carrier MV Reina I has sunk off the Albanian coast early this morning with 3 dead and five missing. The 10 member crew vessel which has collided some 20 miles off the coast of Durres with a ferry boat, took just two minutes to sink. The ferry boat ‘Ankara’ was enroute to Bari with 200 passengers onboard and it is believed that no one onboard the ferry has been injured.

In the meantime, officials from Transport Malta are participating in the investigations together with Turkish authorities in order to shed some light into this accident. 

3 injured and 5 missing in the latest maritime accident of a Maltese flagged bulk carrier

20 / 10 / 11

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A Maltese registered bulk carrier MV Reina I has sunk off the Albanian coast early this morning with 3 dead and five missing. The 10 member crew vessel which has collided some 20 miles off the coast of Durres with a ferry boat, took just two minutes to sink. The ferry boat ‘Ankara’ was enroute to Bari with 200 passengers onboard and it is believed that no one onboard the ferry has been injured.

In the meantime, officials from Transport Malta are participating in the investigations together with Turkish authorities in order to shed some light into this accident.