A dry cargo shop lost in the Okhotsk Sea
The M/V Amur, a bulk carrier issued a distress call in the area of Shantar islands in the Khabarovsk region. An emergency beacon of the vessel is sending signals of distress, the regional EMERCOM reports.
Latest reports said there were 8 crew members on board the ship. The tanker Novik responded to the site but did not found any vessel.
The Emergencies Ministry’s aircraft Be-200ES with five rescuers aboard flew from the airport of Khabarovsk for a fly-over of the site has not yet spotted the missing cargo ship.