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Death toll in Mozambique ferry disaster climbs to 98
A makeshift ferry overcrowded with residents reportedly fleeing a cholera outbreak sank off Mozambique’s northern coast, killing at least 98 people including children, local media said Monday.
The ferry with an estimated 130 people aboard sank Sunday after it departed the southeastern African nation’s coast for the nearby Island of Mozambique and at least 11 people were hospitalized, state-run Radio Mozambique quoted island administrator Silvério Nauaito as saying.
Most of the dead were recovered Sunday, but an additional seven bodies were found Monday, bringing the death toll from 91 to 98, the Noticias newspaper quoted Nauaito as saying.
FERRY ACCIDENT OFF MOZAMBIQUE’S COAST LEAVES MORE THAN 90 DEAD: OFFICIALS
Maritime authorities continued to search for additional survivors, Nauaito told the radio station, adding that «it is not easy to say with precision how many remain missing.» Government officials were heading to the accident site Monday to get more precise information, he said.
The Nampula provincial authority released a statement attributing the sinking to the «use of a vessel unsuitable for transporting passengers and overcrowding,» Radio Mozambique reported.
In this video grab provided by Television of Mozambique, women mourn their relatives in Nampula, Mozambique, Monday, April 8, 2024, after a makeshift ferry overcrowded with residents reportedly fleeing a cholera outbreak sank off Mozambique’s northern coast on Sunday, killing at least 98 people including children. (Television Mozambique via AP)
Noticias, one of the country’s main and oldest newspapers, said the boat ordinarily was used as a fishing vessel and that residents of the town of Lunga were trying to flee what they believed was a flare-up in cases of cholera that the country has suffered in recent months.
They wanted to reach the Island of Mozambique and departed «in a stampede» using boats «unsuitable for navigation,» the newspaper reported. The boat capsized before it could reach the island.
Some people still managed to reach the island’s shore but died there after not being able to get medical help on time, the newspaper said. The country’s national public broadcaster, Television of Mozambique, said two bodies of children remained uncollected in a morgue.
Authorities in Mozambique and neighboring southern African countries have been trying to contain a deadly cholera outbreak that spread in recent months.
Mozambique, one of the world’s poorest countries, has recorded 32 deaths from about 15,000 cholera cases since late last year. Nampula is the worst affected province with over 5,000 cholera cases, including 12 deaths, according to government data.
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Many areas of Mozambique are only accessible by boats, which are often overcrowded. The country has a poor road network and some areas are unreachable by land or air.
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Es un ruso el capitán del barco que chocó contra un petrolero de Estados Unidos en el Mar del Norte
Por ahora no hay participación de Rusia
Deficiencias en el Solong
Los barcos no se hundirán
Investigación criminal por el choque barcos en el Mar del Norte
Impacto ambiental
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Detained captain of cargo ship that collided with US oil tanker is Russian national, ship owner says
A Russian national was revealed to be the captain of the cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker off the coast of England in an incident that sparked a massive fire, spilled jet fuel into the sea and left one person feared dead.
The 59-year-old man remained in United Kingdom police custody Wednesday after being detained on suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence, according to Ernst Russ, the owner of the Portugal-flagged Solong cargo ship. It added that the ship’s 14 crew members were a mix of Russian and Filipino nationals. One of them remains missing and is presumed dead.
The Solong collided Monday with MV Stena Immaculate, a U.S.-flagged tanker transporting jet fuel for the American military. U.S.-based Crowley Ship Management said the MV Stena Immaculate was anchored near Hull when it was struck and that all 23 onboard are «safe and accounted for» with no reported injuries.
Leading up to the collision, the Solong was inspected in Dublin, Ireland last July and was found to have 10 deficiencies, according to the Associated Press.
US-FLAGGED TANKER COLLIDES WITH CONTAINER SHIP NEAR UK
Smoke billows from the MV Solong cargo ship in the North Sea, off the coast of England, on Tuesday, March 11. (Dan Kitwood/Pool Photo via AP)
Port inspection documents show the Solong failed steering-related safety checks with the vessel’s «emergency steering position communications/compass reading» unreadable. It also had «inadequate» alarms, survival craft «not properly maintained» and fire doors «not as required.»
Then a second inspection in Scotland in October found two more deficiencies, but the ship wasn’t detained after either inspection, the AP reported.
However, U.K. authorities said they don’t suspect foul play in the crash.
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The captain of the MV Solong cargo ship is a 59-year-old Russian national, the Associated Press cited the ship’s owner as saying. (Dan Kitwood/Pool Photo via AP)
The 596-foot Stena Immaculate was operating as part of the U.S. government’s Tanker Security Program, a group of commercial vessels that can be contracted to carry fuel for the military when needed.
«Crowley continues to work closely with U.K. agencies to support the incident response, salvage and environmental impact mitigation operations resulting from container ship Solong striking the Crowley-managed tanker Stena Immaculate while at anchor on Monday, March 10,» the ship’s owner said Tuesday.
The collision off the coast of Hull, England, on Monday sparked a massive fire. (Bartek Śmiałek via AP)
«It remains uncertain at this time what volume of fuel may have been released as a result of the incident, but initial review shows impacts have been limited due to exposure to the fire and evaporation of the Jet A1 fuel,» Crowley continued. «In addition, U.K agencies are closely monitoring air quality and any possible public health impacts resulting onshore. Both are currently measuring low or within normal levels.»
Water is seen flowing through the damaged hull of the MV Stena Immaculate oil tanker ship after it collided with a cargo ship off the northeastern coast of England. (Reuters/Phil Noble/TPX Images of the Day)
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The Solong was drifting and still on fire Wednesday, but is likely to remain afloat rather than sinking, officials said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Guerra comercial: entran en vigor los aranceles de Trump al acero y aluminio, y Europa responde con impuestos por US$ 28.300 millones
La Unión Europea impondrá contramedidas a productos estadounidenses por valor de 28.300 millones de dólares en respuesta a los aranceles del presidente Donald Trump sobre el acero y el aluminio que entraron en vigor a medianoche.
Los aranceles impuestos por Estados Unidos y el anuncio de contramedidas por parte de la Unión Europea marcan el inicio de una guerra comercial entre los dos socios transatlánticos, en un momento de creciente incertidumbre en los mercados por los cambios de rumbo del gobierno de Trump.
La presidenta de la Comisión Europea, Ursula von der Leyen, calificó las medidas, que se aplicarán a productos estadounidenses desde barcos hasta bourbon, de «fuertes pero proporcionadas».
Los aranceles de Trump, que entraron en vigor la noche del martes, implican que las empresas estadounidenses que deseen importar acero y aluminio al país deberán pagar un impuesto del 25 % sobre ellos.
Canadá y China también están alcanzados por las medidas de Trump.
China afirmó que tomará «todas las medidas necesarias» para salvaguardar sus derechos e intereses, mientras que el alto comisionado de Canadá en el Reino Unido criticó el «mundo comercial sin ley de Donald Trump».
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