Transport Disasters in Croatia - MS Und Adriyatik, (Paperback)

Chapters: MS UND Adriyatik, . Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 11. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The MS UND Adriyatik is a RO-RO freighter owned by the Turkish company U.N Ro-Ro letmeleri A.?. It went into service on September 1, 2001, after being built in the Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft (FSG) shipyard in Flensburg, Germany. It was used for transporting goods between Pendik (Istanbul), Turkey and Trieste, Italy. UND Adriyatik caught fire on February 6, 2008 off the coast of Istria, Croatia, just outside of Croatian territorial waters. Croatia's sea and transport ministry said the ship caught fire 13 nautical miles (24 km) west of the Adriatic Sea town of Rovinj on the early morning hours of February 6, 2008, just outside the Croatian territorial sea inside of the newly-established Croatian Ecological and Fisheries Protection Zone. An SOS was launched at 4:04 local time. It said that the 193-metre (633 ft) long ship was sailing from Istanbul to Trieste and was carrying 200 trucks and nine tons of dangerous material, in addition to between 100 and 200 tons of ship fuel, causing fears of environmental damage. The ship's 22 crew members and nine passengers were rescued by the Greek ship Ikarus Palace that was sailing nearby and were on their way to Venice. An official said Croatian fire-fighting planes and one tug boat arrived soon at the scene and were trying to extinguish the blaze. The planes were quickly withdrawn as they had no effect. As the fire started inside the ship, there was no way of extinguishing it from the outside. However, tug boats continued to pour water on the ship's hull, in an effort to lower its temperature and prevent its deformation. Approximate position of the UND Adriyatik when she caught fire on February 6, 2008 and the day after, after being mo...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=15622298