Thursday, 20 September 2012

Baltic Sea has over 120 ship accidents each year - Helsingin Sanomat

Helsingin Sanomat - International Edition - Home: About once every three days a cargo vessel, tanker, or passenger ship is involved in an accident somewhere in the Baltic Sea.�����


Last year 121 ships ran aground, collided, caught fire, or were involved in some other type of mishap.�����


According to figures put out by the Baltic Sea Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM) there has been an average of 125 accidents at sea each year since 2004 in spite of efforts by countries in the area to improve safety.

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