24.01.2010, 02.17
VLADIVOSTOK, January 24 (Itar-Tass) -- The ice-covered transport refrigerator Smolninsky reached an ice edge in the Sea of Okhotsk on Sunday.
The ship in distress has a 25-degree list to the left side.
Overcoming the severe weather conditions, it has reached the ice edge area where it will drift. The sea rescue vessel Spravedlivy is expected to come there later on Sunday.
The supplier vessel Smit Sibu belonging to the Sakhalin Energy company for a third day ensures safety of the Smolninsky, an officer on duty at the Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk sea rescue coordinating centre, Nikolai Ivanov, said.
Aboard the Smolninsky are 20 crewmembers and 1,500 tonnes of fish. The crew tries to straighten the listing vessel and break the ice cover.
A Mi-8 helicopter took eleven passengers from the ship and airlifted them to the Sakhalin city of Nogliki on Saturday. According to the preliminary information, the people are fishermen rescued from other vessels who returned to the Primorsky territory.
The refrigerator got in the distress situation on January 22 when it carried a cargo of fish from a fishing area. A severe storm, frost of up to 20 degrees and waves caused icing of the Smolninsky. It listed and was in danger of sinking. The ship is from the port of Nakhodka. Its length is 85 metres. It can carry 2.483 tonnes of cargoes. On December 22, 2009, the ship left Vladivostok for South Korea.
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