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Iranian cargo ship sinks in Caspian Sea Iranian cargo ship sinks in Caspian Sea
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Azerbaijan rescue services have evacuated the crew of an Iranian-flagged dry cargo ship as it was sinking near the Azeri port city of Lankaran, local authorities reported. The incident happened in the western Caspian Sea.Azerbaijan rescue services have evacuated the crew of an Iranian-flagged dry cargo ship as it was sinking near the Azeri port city of Lankaran, local authorities reported. The incident happened in the western Caspian Sea.
The 600-ton merchant vessel Shabahang sent a distress call on Friday, prompting the dispatch of two rescue helicopters and a patrol boat to the scene, Azerbaijan’s National Maritime Center reported.The 600-ton merchant vessel Shabahang sent a distress call on Friday, prompting the dispatch of two rescue helicopters and a patrol boat to the scene, Azerbaijan’s National Maritime Center reported.
All nine crew members were rescued as the ship was sinking.All nine crew members were rescued as the ship was sinking.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW The ‘Shabahang’ is a general cargo ship built in 1993, which has recently been hauling cargo between the Iranian port of Bandar-e Anzali and Russia’s Astrakhan, according to traffic records.
The incident happened amid close attention to Iran’s maritime traffic due to Britain’s detention of a tanker with Iranian oil and the apparently retaliatory detention of a British-flagged tanker by Iran. The Caspian Sea, however, is an inland body of water not connected to global sea routes. It’s surrounded from all sides by four nations: Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkmenistan.
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