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Crewman feared drowned after UAE cargo vessel capsizes, sinks in Gulf
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DUBAI, 18 March 2022, (TON): A crewman was still missing presumed drowned late on Thursday after a UAE cargo ship capsized and sank in a storm at sea in the Arabian Gulf.
A massive search and rescue operation recovered all but one of the 30 crew of the Al Salmy 6, which had been transporting a cargo of cars from Dubai to Umm Qasr port in southern Iraq.
The vessel encountered a storm 50 km off the coast of Asalouyeh in southern Iran, with wind gusting at more than 70kph and waves as high as 4.4 meters.
Capt. Nizar Qaddoura said “the choppy waters forced the vessel to list at a precarious angle and within hours it was fully submerged, operations manager of the company that owns the ship, Salem Al-Makrani Cargo in Dubai.”
Emergency workers sent from Iran initially saved 16 crew members, Qaddoura said, and civilian ships had been asked to help with the rescue efforts.
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