2023 Heligoland Ship Collision
On 24 October 2023, one person was killed and four others disappeared after two cargo ships, the Isle of Man-Flag state, flagged and the Bahamas, Bahamian-flagged ''Polesie'', Ship collision, collided in the North Sea near Germany's Heligoland islands, with the ''Verity'' sinking. Background was carrying steel from the northern German Ports of Bremen, port of Bremen to Port of Immingham, Immingham in Lincolnshire, England, when it collided with ''Polesie'', which had departed from Port of Hamburg, Hamburg port, northern Germany, for La Coruña in northwestern Spain. ''Verity'' was built in The Netherlands in 2001 and operated since 2008 by the Anglo-Dutch shipping company Faversham Ships, based at Cowes, Isle of Wight. It was a general cargo ship, measured , had an overall length of and capacity of ; ''Verity'' was registered in the Isle of Man and carried IMO number 9229178. There was a crew of seven on board. The 'handysize' bulk carrier ''Polesie'' belongs to the Polish sh ...
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