There are no threat to the lives of the ship’s crewmembers, a spokesman for Russia’s Marine and River Transport Agency told.
MOSCOW, February 21.
/TASS/. Russia’s emergencies ministry has confirmed that a fishing trawler with
a crew of ten has lost way in the Barents Sea.
"On February 21,
we received information that the main engine of the Polaris № МК0355 small
trawler has failed in the Barents Sea, near the Rybachy Peninsula in the
Murmansk region, were it was fishing. The trawler has a crew of ten," the
press service of the Russian emergencies ministry told TASS on Sunday.
"The crewmembers
are in satisfactory condition," the press service said, adding that a
rescue ship is heading to the area.
A source in the local
emergencies agencies told TASS earlier in the day that the Polaris trawler had
been dead in the water in the Barents Sea, with its main engine failed.
The ship is owned by
Nord West Fleet Company.
Meanwhile, a
spokesman for Russia’s Marine and River Transport Agency told TASS there are no
threat to the lives of the ship’s crewmembers.
"The weather in
the area is good, with air temperatures of nine degrees below zero, the wind of
12 meters e second and no icing. There is no threat to the crew.
